Which location houses a U.S. detention center in Cuba for suspected terrorists?

• A. Alcatraz Island
• B. Guantánamo Bay
• C. Fort Knox
• D. Pearl Harbor

Answer: (B)

Guantánamo Bay is the location in question. It’s a U.S. naval base on the southeastern coast of Cuba, established under a long-standing lease from Cuba. After the events of 9/11, the United States opened the Guantánamo Bay detention camp there to hold suspected terrorists and enemy combatants outside the regular U.S. court system. This site has since been the subject of ongoing debates about detainee rights and the legal processes used to try or hold those detainees.

Alcatraz Island sits in San Francisco Bay and was a federal prison but is not in Cuba. Fort Knox is a U.S. Army installation in Kentucky that stores gold and has nothing to do with detention of terrorists. Pearl Harbor is a naval base in Hawaii, not Cuba, and likewise is not a detention site for suspected terrorists.