soner of war is a person who is a lawful, armed combatant of a uniformed military, belonging to a sovereign state. Rumsfeld will argue that the prisoners do not fit that definition. According to Dharam Shourie, on January 27, Secretary Rumsfeld visited camp X-Ray in Cuba to see for himself the conditions of the camp and was heard saying that, "...these prisoners were not combatants of an army in uniform. They were unlawful combatants and terrorists and hence they were detainees." This is the argument that Rumsfeld has been holding on to since the beginning, and others agree with him, such as Vice President Cheney. Vice President Cheney was quoted saying:
             "There is a category under the Geneva Convention for unlawful combatants, and one argument, the State Department argument, is they ought to be treated within the Geneva Convention." He added to his argument that, "...the Geneva Convention does not apply in the case of Terrorism, which leads you down a different track from a legal standpoint." (Dharam)
             The legal standpoint which he is mentioning is one of what can, and can not be done with the detainees. The prisoners must be treated fairly and humanely, for the American public, international opinion, and human rights groups certainly wou
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