Detainee Quotes

Yet our research shows that detainee abuses were widespread, and few people have truly been brought to justice. - Meg Satterthwaite

Would not have have resonated had it not been for the United States' extensive abuse of Muslim detainees and the government's failure to fully investigate all of those implicated. - Reed Brody

Whoever mistreated those detainees, or any detainees in Iraq, will bear legal responsibility and be brought to justice. - Hussein Kamal

When I read his book Dark Clouds at Dawn I thought that, my goodness, this is probably the only ex-detainee that's willing to speak about his experiences and is not in exile. - Martyn See

We've seen a series of half-hearted investigations and slaps on the wrist. The government seems more interested in managing the detainee abuse scandal than in addressing the underlying problems that caused it. - Tom Malinowski

We're looking into the possibility that an additional three to four detainees may have joined in with the others. - Audrey Thibodeaux

Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International Red Cross. - Michael Isikoff

We will continue to work with the German and the Australian embassies in Islamabad and continue to press the Taliban for information about the status of investigation of the detainees and on how the case might proceed under the Taliban legal system. - Richard Boucher

We were willing to cooperate for a certain amount of things. We were willing to share our knowledge. We were very happy if some Myanmar groups got involved in the welfare of detainees. - Fiona Terry

We typically don't talk about the movement of detainees except when they are being transferred or released to another country. We don't typically talk about the transit for security reasons. - Bryan Whitman