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.
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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
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