The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely…

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu…

— Marty Meehan

The war in Iraq, the abuse of detainees, electronic eavesdropping, Guantanamo Bay - these things were all done on our behalf and they may…

— Jess Walter

The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the…

— Dick Cheney

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…

— Jane Mayer

After 9-11, the President had a historic opportunity to unite Americans and the world in common cause. Instead, by exploiting the politics of fear,…

— Joe Biden

Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.

— Audie Cornish

The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban…

— John Yoo

With respect to the legal justifications or the policies relating to the treatment of detainees, I was not aware of any issues on that…

— Brett Kavanaugh

The basic gamut of civil and political rights in terms of disappearances, detainees, people who are surrendered, what happened the missing. Any talk about…

— Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

The Democrats in the Senate adopted a resolution, an amendment, saying that there should be no Guantanamo detainees brought into this country. So, more…

— Anonymous

This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the prisoners who…

— Rudolf Hoss

Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence, because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain stop. Second,…

— John McCain

And, in fact, there is a connection, the people who designed this here program and who implement it are the same people who are…

— Jane Mayer

The International Committee of the Red Cross visits roughly half a million detainees in nearly 100 countries each year. It's our job to try…

— Peter Maurer

Torture is and must remain illegal. Warrantless wiretapping is also illegal, as was the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Qatar without proper notice.

— Joe Sestak