By 2023, the Pentagon will build the second secret hall of the Court to consider small criminal cases in Guantanamo prison. It is necessary so that the judges can spend two processes at the same time, reports the New York Times newspaper.
In this case, there will be no place for representatives of the press in the new room. Its construction will cost the US authorities four million dollars.
Other, loud-up criminal cases – for example, on charges of terrorism – will be carried out in the hall that exist since 2008. There are places for the press – they can watch the meeting on the broadcast. It is known that the broadcast is shown with a delay of 40 seconds, and this time is enough to turn off the sound (if, for example, the defendant said something provocative).
Although the content of Guantanamo costs American taxpayers in billions of tax dollars, which is increasing in it is increasingly shrouded in secrets. US Defense Defense forbade Guantanamo Prison from its budget after September 30, 2022. Thus, the administration of President Joe Biden wants to finally close it.
The first attempt to close the prison was made by the US President Barack Obama, signing the appropriate order in January 2009. This decision was not fulfilled due to the resistance of the Republican Congressmen. In 2018, the 45th US President Donald Trump issued an order to preserve prison by repealing the order of his predecessor.