U.S. Plans to Expand Guantanamo Prison Story aired: Monday, November 15, 2004
Last week, the Bush administration lost an important legal battle over the Guantanamo Bay prisoners. They have appealed the decision, but for the time being, all hearings have been halted.
While questions may still surround the legality of detaining "enemy combatants" at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, the United States is nonetheless forging ahead with plans to expand the facility, adding a permanent 200-bed compound.
The new facility is expected to cost somewhere around $25 million. The construction of the new camp, dubbed Compound 6 will bring the total capacity of the facility to 1,300 prisoners, at a time when Pentagon officials say they intend to reduce --not expand-- the facility's population.
