No, it's not considered US soil. That's why everything is taking place their, if it was US soil there would be no need for it and trials would be on a military base in some place like Nevada.
US embassies in foreign countries are considered US soil, just as foreign embassies in the USA are considered foreign soil.
In addition, Cuba was acquired by the US as a result of the Spanish-American war. So, it was a US territory, just like the Louisiana Purchase land, and most of the USA besides the original 13 States.
When a territory becomes a State, Congress can withhold some of the land for military purposes, and that land is under federal jurisdiction only, not State jurisdiction.
I would guess than when Cuba was granted independence from the US, the same applied to the US military base there, though I don't know for sure.
If so, then it is under exclusive US federal jurisdiction, just like Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
Furthermore, because it is a military base (and the other federal territories are not, at least not in total), that the UCMJ applies -- subject to the Constitution, of course, which has been largely ignored by recent administrations.
The US leases the base from Cuba as per agreement which dates back to1903. Annual lease payments are made but the Cuban government doesn’t accept payment. GITMO is NOT US Soil, it's a rented area that falls under the jurisdiction of the US Navy. The land is technically Cuban territory, however the USA is granted complete political control over this area. So Cuban territory, but American laws. You in no way can compare GITMO to a US Embassy in a foreign country. GITMO is complicated.
Do NOT let them step foot on US soil. Coast Guard is under the control of the US Navy, take them to GITMO for processing not the US.
And after processing, ship the MFer's back to where they come from.
Either willingly, or in a box!
Enough's a fuckinuff!
I support that.
Is Gitmo American soil ???
Rented
I hope the track that down...the Government should own that boat now.
No, it's not considered US soil. That's why everything is taking place their, if it was US soil there would be no need for it and trials would be on a military base in some place like Nevada.
Right, I wasn't thinking straight...
No worries M8
US embassies in foreign countries are considered US soil, just as foreign embassies in the USA are considered foreign soil.
In addition, Cuba was acquired by the US as a result of the Spanish-American war. So, it was a US territory, just like the Louisiana Purchase land, and most of the USA besides the original 13 States.
When a territory becomes a State, Congress can withhold some of the land for military purposes, and that land is under federal jurisdiction only, not State jurisdiction.
I would guess than when Cuba was granted independence from the US, the same applied to the US military base there, though I don't know for sure.
If so, then it is under exclusive US federal jurisdiction, just like Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
Furthermore, because it is a military base (and the other federal territories are not, at least not in total), that the UCMJ applies -- subject to the Constitution, of course, which has been largely ignored by recent administrations.
The US leases the base from Cuba as per agreement which dates back to1903. Annual lease payments are made but the Cuban government doesn’t accept payment. GITMO is NOT US Soil, it's a rented area that falls under the jurisdiction of the US Navy. The land is technically Cuban territory, however the USA is granted complete political control over this area. So Cuban territory, but American laws. You in no way can compare GITMO to a US Embassy in a foreign country. GITMO is complicated.
We need to add a new processing station in northern Alaska.
Let them hang out there for a few years, while their paperwork is processed.
Coast Guard was put under the control of DHS, Trump reversed that to put them under the dept of the US Navy.