Camp Echo is one of six detention camps that make up the main Camp Delta, at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, run by the United States military. The facility is used to hold detainees who have been selected by the President of the United States for the Military Commissions, and others considered "high value" to the Defense Department. The word internment is generally used to refer to the imprisonment or confinement of people, generally in prison camps or prisons, without due process of law and a trial. ... A Camp Delta recreation and exercise area at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ... Map of Cuba with location of Guantanamo Bay indicated. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Detainee is neutral term used to indicate people held by a government, such as those it does not classify and treat as either prisoners of war or suspects in criminal cases. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...

The location of Camp Echo just outside the main Delta facilty allows pre-commissions detainees to privately consult with lawyers. The physical structure of Camp Echo involves one-storey buildings divided into two rooms by mesh grates. This division allows lawyers to consult with detainees in the area of their cells. It is at this facility, for example, that accused "Millenium Bomber" Ahcene Zemiri consulted with his lawyer, Nicole Moen. *1 Military officials also use the facilities to interrogate detainees. A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... Ahcene Zemiri is an Algerian who currently held in Guantanamo Bay as a suspected member of Al-Qaeda. ...

The 8 x 10 foot concrete buildings have no windows, but are air-conditioned. The cell side contains a toilet and a cot. The visitor side contains a table and chairs.

Camp Echo is accessed by passing through several guarded checkpoint gates. The camp is surrounded by high razor wire fences and is shrouded behind a thick green mesh. Walkways are drawn in the crushed white rock on the ground of the camp, and visitors are instructed to stay within these boundaries. Barbed tape or razor wire is a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose it is to prevent passage by human beings. ...

A few buildings on the Camp Echo premises are used by the CIA to hold valuable al Quaeda prisoners. *Washington Post, Dec. 17, 2004 These facilities are some of the most restricted on the entire base. The camp was being expanded as of June 2004. *2 The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the American foreign intelligence agencies, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Osama bin Laden Ayman al-Zawahiri Al-Qaeda (Arabic: - al-Qā‘idah, the foundation or the base) is the name given to an international alliance of militant Islamist organizations. ...

Camp Echo is under 24-hour guard by U.S. military police. Military police (MPs) are the police of a military organization, generally concerning themselves with law enforcement and security. ...

External Links

• Camp profile by Globalsecurity.org
• A visit to the camp, as decribed by lawyer Nicole Moen
• Account of Camp Echo conditions, according to father of an Australian detainee
• The psychologiocal effects of the camp, as described by detainee Martin Mubanga