Macario Mora

“ The external interest in the JDG’s operations in Guantanamo isn’t lost on the leadership or the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Coast Guardsmen and Marines who rotate through the JTF on six, nine-month and sometimes yearlong deployments.
“The type of detainees we have, and some of the activities they participated in, makes them different than a person sentenced for crimes in the United States,” Caggins explained from his Pentagon office. “The activists who argue for the closure of GTMO frequently speak in non-factual hyperbole. And, they are able to influence the perceptions of uninformed people.” ”

“ Not only is GTMO in a strategically important position, it has captured the imagination of journalists and citizens alike from the earliest pictures of detainees in orange jumpsuits kneeling, albeit briefly, at Camp X-ray to continued debates amongst politicians worldwide about the validity of such operations. ”