The ownership of the SPECTRE organisation and its characters had been at the centre of long-standing litigation starting in 1961 between Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory over the film rights to the novel Thunderball.
A Guide to the Rights of Guantanamo Detainees. A typical noncompliant detainee cell at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Some detainees, never formally charged with a crime, have remained in cramped quarters such as these for over five years.Photo Credit: Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense.uring the Afghanistan War of 2001-2002, the Bush administration captured 775 Afghan prisoners and transferred them to the detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
The history of US control of Guantanamo Bay Cuba goes back to the beginning of the 20th century and the struggle for Cuban independence. In 1903 the US Platt amendment imposed on the nascent government of Cuba that Guantanamo Bay be seceded to the US government as a pre condition to Cuban independence. Ever since 1903, Guantanamo Bay has remained under US military control and is considered to be US territory upon which Cubans cannot enter.