US embassy cable - 05QUITO1817

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Identifier:	05QUITO1817
Wikileaks:	View 05QUITO1817 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Quito
Created:	2005-08-05 18:48:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL EC
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 001817 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/05/2015 
TAGS: KISL, KPAO, PGOV, PREL, EC 
SUBJECT: ECUADOR: GITMO TALKING POINTS DELIVERED 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 142348 
 
     B. QUITO 1804 
 
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires AI Larry Memmott for reasons 1.4 (b) a 
nd (d). 
 
1.  (C) Charge delivered talking points in reftel A to 
Palacio on August 3 during a private session with the 
President (reftel B).  Palacio promised to review them. 
 
2.  (C) Guayaquil PolOff and Quito PolIntern delivered 
talking points in reftel A to MFA Subsecretary for Bilateral 
Affairs Alejandro Davalos on August 4.  Davalos indicated 
that he understood USG efforts to thwart international 
terrorism and believed that enemy combatant's rights were 
being respected in the Guantanamo detention facility.  He 
agreed that the detainees could not be considered lawful 
combatants as described by the Geneva Conventions owing to 
al-Qaeda not being a state actor.  However, Davalos expressed 
concern that the detainees' resided in a "legal limbo" since 
they were not covered under the Geneva Conventions, nor did 
they fall under the auspices of the U.S. judicial system.  In 
addition, he questioned the length of time detainees would be 
kept at the facility. 
MEMMOTT