GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba --- Despite promises to close the detention center during Barack Obama’s presidential run, the prison at the Guantanamo Bay naval base remains open. And now it appears those detained at the controversial site aren’t the only ones suffering and dying -- their lawyers are also facing grave illness. Carol Rosenberg, a Miami
Guantanamo Lawyers Alarmingly High Cancer Rate Sparks Military Investigation
A Miami Herald investigation found at least nine civilians and military lawyers suffering from lymphoma or brain, appendix or colon cancer, possibly caused by pollutants in their living quarters at the Navy’s controversial detention center in Cuba.