The outside of the "Camp Six" detention facility is seen at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008, in this image reviewed by the U.S. military. Photo/REUTERS
WASHINGTON, Tuesday
Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday the military prison at Guantanamo Bay could not be responsibly closed until the US war on terror is over and he defended the practice of subjecting detainees to simulated drowning during questioning.
