Diego Garcia was mentioned by several news agencies in the case of the missing Malaysia Air flight.
No one in the USA knows Diego Garcia, unless he’s a family member, then again most Americans can’t find Washington DC on a map without the help of a GPS.
Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago was a refuge for shipwrecked sailors of the Indian Ocean. No one attempted to inhabit the atoll until the French imported slaves from Madagascar to work the coconut plantations. Diego Garcia’s water supply supported approximately about 1000 Chagossians, but they were deported to other islands in the archipelago and the Seychelles after the arrival of the US Navy in 1971.
No civilians are allowed on the island.
Other than those brought there by the CIA rendition program.
Secret, remote, idyllic.
Just the spot for a little torture in the sun.