The Independent, January 15, 2008
By Leonard Doyle in Washington
The notorious prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba should be closed as soon as possible because negative publicity about the treatment of terror suspects has been "pretty damaging" to America's image, the chief of the US military has said.
"I'd like to see it shut down," Admiral Mike Mullen said, during his first tour of the detention centre since he became chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff in October. "More than anything else it has been the image – how 'Gitmo' has become around the world, in terms of representing the US.
"I believe that, from the standpoint of how it reflects on us, it has been pretty damaging."
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