'Guantanamo Bay has been a stain on America's honour'
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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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