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20 years at Guantanamo Bay: U.S. troops left Afghanistan but detention continues

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Marines transport a detainee behind layers of fencing and razorwire in Camp X-Ray February 6, 2002 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Marines transport a detainee behind layers of fencing and razorwire in Camp X-Ray February 6, 2002 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

On this day 20 years ago, the first detainees were brought from Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay.

Perhaps you remember the men in orange jumpsuits, the hoodwinks, the black goggles. Or the discussions of extraordinary renditions and so-called enhanced interrogation techniques.

Well, with American forces now gone from Afghanistan, America's detention center in Cuba at the Guantanamo naval base still has prisoners there.

Here & Now's Jane Clayson talks with Carol Rosenberg, a reporter with the New York Times who has covered Guantanamo Bay since the beginning when she was with the Miami Herald.

This segment aired on January 11, 2022.

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