The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world. — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago. — Audie Cornish Copy Share Image
Torture is and must remain illegal. Warrantless wiretapping is also illegal, as was the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Qatar without proper… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
We got a lot of information from the detainees that eventually led us to bin Laden. — Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr Copy Share Image
The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
With respect to the legal justifications or the policies relating to the treatment of detainees, I was not aware of any issues… — Brett Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
It troubled me that we had these reports of torture of detainees, we had people jailed at Guantanamo Bay who couldn't even… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Detainees were not allowed to talk to each other, but we enjoyed looking at each other. The punishment for talking was hanging… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I can tell you categorically that any mal-treatment of any detainees by U.S. forces or coalition forces is totally unacceptable - that… — Peter Pace Copy Share Image
The Democrats in the Senate adopted a resolution, an amendment, saying that there should be no Guantanamo detainees brought into this country.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The International Committee of the Red Cross visits roughly half a million detainees in nearly 100 countries each year. It's our job… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
And, in fact, there is a connection, the people who designed this here program and who implement it are the same people… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
The United States government does not authorise or condone torture of detainees. Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
After 9-11, the President had a historic opportunity to unite Americans and the world in common cause. Instead, by exploiting the politics… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence, because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Everything a detainee says is classified. Detainees cannot talk to you. They cannot talk to anyone. They cannot challenge, in a meaningful… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I would like you to understand completely, also emotionally, that I'm a political detainee and will be a political prisoner, that I… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the… — Rudolf Hoss Copy Share Image
We have over a hundred political detainees, men against whom we are unable to prove anything in a court of law. Nearly… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
The basic gamut of civil and political rights in terms of disappearances, detainees, people who are surrendered, what happened the missing. Any… — Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Copy Share Image
However, the Department of Defense treats these detainees in accord with the Geneva Convention, even though that is not required because of… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
North Korea has certainly, in the past, used detainees to initiate diplomatic exchanges with the United States. — Elise Hu Copy Share Image
Now, unfortunately, some prissy card-carrying members of the U.S. Constitution have made us all look bad by pointing out that many of… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I think we need to understand what we mean when we talk about closure, we don't mean transfer or prosecute which is… — Jennifer Daskal Copy Share Image
