Location
Sydnor Performance Hall
Access Type
Campus Access Only
Start Date
4-17-2024 1:30 PM
End Date
4-17-2024 1:45 PM
College
Lynchburg College of Arts and Sciences
Department
History
Keywords
History, American history, War on Terror, Guantanamo Bay
Abstract
This research explores how the United States established the Guantanamo Bay detention center to circumvent established international law, specifically the Geneva Convention, and interrogate detainees for intelligence. The George W. Bush administration justified indefinite detention as part of its declared ‘war on terror,’ but the policy produced little valuable intelligence and irreparably harmed the United States’ international reputation. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of executing the United State’s government goals at Guantanamo, the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, as well as the repercussions in the scope of global politics, law, and media by using documents such as Special Review: Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities, Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees, Memorandum and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, Findings and Conclusions; Executive Summary from the Torture Archive (out of the National Security Archive). Further, in using and analyzing that research, the paper analyzes the legacy of Guantanamo Bay and the irreparable damage of the United States' breaches of law and human rights.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Brian Crim
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Guantanamo Bay: A Failure?
Sydnor Performance Hall
This research explores how the United States established the Guantanamo Bay detention center to circumvent established international law, specifically the Geneva Convention, and interrogate detainees for intelligence. The George W. Bush administration justified indefinite detention as part of its declared ‘war on terror,’ but the policy produced little valuable intelligence and irreparably harmed the United States’ international reputation. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of executing the United State’s government goals at Guantanamo, the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, as well as the repercussions in the scope of global politics, law, and media by using documents such as Special Review: Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities, Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees, Memorandum and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, Findings and Conclusions; Executive Summary from the Torture Archive (out of the National Security Archive). Further, in using and analyzing that research, the paper analyzes the legacy of Guantanamo Bay and the irreparable damage of the United States' breaches of law and human rights.