Earlier Guests were apparently protected The following is transcribed from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia:In the last quarter of the 20th century, prior to the decision by President George W. Bush to lead the United States into the War on Terror, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas. Most controversially, the base was used during the early 1990s to hold often HIV-positive refugees fleeing Haiti after the overthrow of democratically-elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by a military coup d'etat. These refugees were held in a detainment area called Camp Bulkeley until US District Court Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. declared the camp unconstitutional on June 8, 1993. The last Haitian migrants departed from Guantanamo on 1 November 1995.  ¶ 5:14 AM