this base is also now used as a place to keep people captured by american forces from afghanistan and iraq. also some prisoners were taken from other countries, like britain and france. some people say that these people do not get the rights that they should get as prisoners of war under the geneva conventions. one reason that they are there may be that the laws of the united states do not apply to them. according to some well-known human rights groups, some prisoners have been tortured and others may have been badly treated according the fbi inquiry. this has also been reported by some europeans who were taken by cia "torture flights" and have now been released.