President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers debated on January 28, 2002 whether to declare al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners being held at a U.S. base in Cuba are covered by the Geneva Convention. A meeting between Bush and his principal aides came amid international criticism for its treatment of the detainees and for refusing to designate them as prisoners of war which would give them certain rights. A U.S. soldier watches over detainees at the Guantanamo Naval base in this January 14 file photo. (Shane T. McCoy/US Navy via Reuters)
