The Bush Administration
Shortly after the arrival of men to Gitmo, President Bush delivered the 2002 State of the Union Address. Guantanamo was mentioned only once, stating, “terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells of Guantanamo Bay.” After Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld announced the men held at Guantanamo were unlawful combatants as opposed to prisoners of war, human rights organizations responded, stating as determined by the Geneva Convention that every captured fighter is entitled to humane treatment, including shelter, clothing, food and medical attention.…
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