DOS Memo re: Talking Points on Guantanamo Detainees

Error message

  • Deprecated function: Return type of DBObject::current() should either be compatible with Iterator::current(): mixed, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in require_once() (line 7 of /usr/home/documentafterliv/public_html/sites/all/modules/contrib/eck/eck.classes.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Return type of DBObject::next() should either be compatible with Iterator::next(): void, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in require_once() (line 7 of /usr/home/documentafterliv/public_html/sites/all/modules/contrib/eck/eck.classes.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Return type of DBObject::key() should either be compatible with Iterator::key(): mixed, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in require_once() (line 7 of /usr/home/documentafterliv/public_html/sites/all/modules/contrib/eck/eck.classes.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Return type of DBObject::valid() should either be compatible with Iterator::valid(): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in require_once() (line 7 of /usr/home/documentafterliv/public_html/sites/all/modules/contrib/eck/eck.classes.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Return type of DBObject::rewind() should either be compatible with Iterator::rewind(): void, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in require_once() (line 7 of /usr/home/documentafterliv/public_html/sites/all/modules/contrib/eck/eck.classes.inc).

State Department talking points and press guidance on discussing the legal status of the Guantanamo detainees. The memo states that the legal status currently being reviewed and that the detainees are being treated humanely.

Doc_type: 
Non-legal Memo
Doc_date: 
Monday, January 28, 2002
Rec_aclu_path: 
https://www.thetorturedatabase.org/node/6423
Doc_pdf_path: 
Doc_rel_date: 
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Doc_text: 

UNCLASSIFIED

RELEASED IN PART L Press Guidance
B5
January 28, 2002
TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IN GUANTANAMO
Q: Is there daylight between the State Department and the Administration on the classification of the detainees — POWs or illegal combatants? What are the legal differences between the two? How does the Geneva Convention apply to both POWs and illegal combatants?
-THE LEGAL STATUS OF DETAINEES IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION.
-- WHATEVER THE LEGAL STATUS OF DETAINEES, THE INDIVIDUALS BEING DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO ARE BEING TREATED HUMANELY CONSISTENT WITH PRINCIPLES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: WILLIAM J GEHRON DATE/CASE ID: 09 DEC 2004 200303827
DOS-001711
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED

B5

.

DOS-001712
UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED
Drafted:.L/PM - D1Caye x75613.Doc 99968.1/28/02
Cleared:.L: JThessin ok L/OES - EBloom ok S/WCI - MNewton ok PA - NBeck
UNCLASSIFIED.DOS-001713

Doc_nid: 
6423
Doc_type_num: 
63