How much does Guantánamo cost the taxpayers? A retired Air Force colonel has filed a whistleblower complaint.
NPR has the story
here. Excerpt:
When NPR asked in April for the annual cost of Guantánamo's military court and prison, the Defense Department initially responded with a figure of $180 million a year. Three months later, it revised that number to $380 million a year. That does not include the $60 million annual expense of operating Guantánamo's naval base or the salaries of military personnel, including the 1,800 guards overseeing the detention center's prisoners.
Add the Pentagon's updated tallies to historical figures it has given Congress, and the total cost of Guantánamo's court and prison has exceeded $6 billion since 2002.
[
Phil Cave got here first; see post below this one.]
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