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'Guantanamo Bay has been a stain on America's honour'
Army psychiatrist Dr Elspeth Cameron Ritchie was sent to the detention facility in 2002.
As President Obama prepares to leave office, people are reflecting on the fact that his promise to close Guantanamo Bay within a year of taking power never came to pass.
Dr Elspeth Cameron Ritchie is a former Army colonel and psychiatrist, she was sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2002 after a spate of suicide attempts by detainees.
She told presenter Eddie Mair that in its early years, Guantanamo posed no ethical issues for medics.
(Photo: A camp entrance at Guantanamo Bay. Credit: Reuters)
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