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by vasco 1124 days ago
So all they have to do is to fly you there? How is "in this special place we do whatever we want" a justification?
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Because terrorism!

As I understand it the basis legally is about Guantanamo bay not being formally part of the US, and therefore not subject to the constitution or regular law. Military law probably applies, although I'm not 100% on this.

Non US citizens, outside US territory are not protected by the US constitution.