Peter Pace

I can tell you categorically that any mal-treatment of any detainees by U.S. forces or coalition forces is totally unacceptable - that our orders have and will continue to be that we will treat everyone in our charge with - humanely and with respect.

American General

Lindsey Graham

Detainee policy in this war is hard, it's complicated, but we must get it right. We would be better off as a nation if we could close Gitmo safely and start a new prison that he could use that the world would see as a better way to doing business.

American Politician

Jim Ryun

Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks.

American Athlete

Jane Mayer

I mean, the people who run Guantanamo, the military, pretty much dismiss complaints by the detainees because they say that they're all created as part of a political process to sort of fake complaints and get public support.

American Journalist

Dick Durbin

There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Our nation has invested millions of dollars in building safe, humane and, I may say, air-conditioned facilities to detain and prosecute the detainees at Guantanamo.

Mike Pompeo

The detainees at GTMO are treated exceptionally well - so well that some have even declined to be resettled, instead choosing to stay at GTMO.

Cory Gardner

The overwhelming majority of Coloradans don't want Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States or Colorado.

Diane Watson

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

Peter Maurer

You treat detainees humanely because you know the other side will also treat detainees humanely.

Swiss Activist

Detainees are not always guilty; they may be held for various reasons, including investigation.

Custody Reason

'Detainee' implies temporary confinement, not a long-term or permanent situation.

Temporary Status

Being a detainee doesn't necessarily mean the person committed a crime; sometimes the reasons are political.

Not Always Criminal

'Detainee' in a military context often refers to conflict situations, where combatants or suspects are held.

Military Context

In war, 'detainees' can mean prisoners of war who are to be treated according to international laws.

War Prisoners

When used with 'naval', it indicates custody by naval forces, which can occur on watercraft or naval facilities.

Naval Specific

 when they're not cabined in by statutes or constitutions, and a writ of habeus corpus is called the Great Writ, capital G, capital W, and it's meant to protect any of us who are detained against our will. A writ of habeus corpus is issued. The detainer is required to bring the detainee in

Chimps have feelings and...

 hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth of top-quality cocaine but what makes this bust particularly surprising as the detainee she's a 76 year old grandmother