Penny Lane: Gitmo’s other secret CIA facility

By adam-goldman

Published November 26, 2013 8:42pm ET

Penny Lane: Gitmo’s other secret CIA facility — This satellite image provided by TerraServer.com and DigitalGlobe shows an image captured on Sept. 2, 2010, shows a portion of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the secret facility known as Penny Lane, upper middle in white. In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned a handful of prisoners at the secret facility into double agents and released them. Current and former U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the program helped kill terrorists. The program was carried out in the secret facility, built a few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the prison in Guantanamo Bay, bottom of image. The eight small cottages were hidden behind a ridge covered in thick scrub and cactus. (AP Photo/TerraServer.com and DigitalGlobe) | ap

In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned some Guantanamo Bay prisoners into double agents then sent them home to help the U.S. kill terrorists, current and former U.S. officials said.

The CIA promised the prisoners freedom, safety for their families and millions of dollars from the agency’s secret accounts.

Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account

Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.

Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.

Get unlimited access to Washington Examiner's reporting, expert analysis, and coverage of the midterm elections.

Get Unlimited Access

Cancel anytime.

Tag:

Penny Lane: Gitmo’s other secret CIA facility

Recommended Stories

Guantanamo Bay 25 years after 9/11: ‘We’re running a geriatric prison at this point’

CIA Director: U.S. Likely to Send Osama Bin Laden to Gitmo

Obama releases two Guantanamo detainees with al Qaeda links

Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.

Tag: