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Camp Six at Gitmo
Despite Obama's pledge to close it and Congress' failure to fund it, Guantanamo is getting a security upgrade. Vendors will bid on a presumably fully-funded contract for a new access control system, including new surveillance cameras, for Gitmo's Camp Six and two other buildings called "Camp Six Lite" and "Ultra Lite." And the money is coming from? And we are doing this because?