• Mitt Romney is known for his rather 'explosive' views
against closing down Guantanamo Bay prison. 

• "You said they're at Guantanamo? I'm glad they're at
Guantanamo. I don't want them on our soil. I want them at
Guantanamo where they don't get the access to lawyers that they'd
get when they're on our soil. I don't want them in our prisons, I
want them there. Some people say that we should close Guantanamo,
my view is: ?We outta double Guantanamo."

• Not only the prison itself needs to be doubled but the
torture techniques used in the interrogation need to be
improvised. The quote goes: "we ought to make sure that the
terrorists... and there's no question but that in settling like
that where you have the ticking bomb, that the President of the
United States- not the CIA interrogator- the President of the
United States has to make the call. And Enhanced Interrogation
Techniques have to be used ? not torture, but enhanced
interrogation techniques. Yes."

• Romney feels that closing down the prison is certainly a
wrong act. In Helena, Montana, Romney while interacting with the
reporters said: "Guantanamo Bay plays an important role in
protecting our nation from violent, heinous terrorists."

• "I hope the administration does not take the course
which is being contemplated. I think Guantanamo is a symbol of
our resolve."

• The former Massachusetts governor had visited the
Guantanamo Bay in the spring of 2006. He said he "came away with
no concerns with regards to the fair and appropriate treating of
these individuals."   Romney would not hesitate to bring about
the harshest interrogation techniques in the wake of a severe
terrorist threat.
		

• Mike Huckabee is against the closure of the Guantanamo
Bay prison in Cuba feels that the question of Guantanamo is more
of a 'symbolic issue' rather than anything else. The detainees
according to him are treated better than the prisoners in the
mainland. 

• "It's (Guantanamo) more symbolic than it is a
substantive issue because people perceive of mistreatment when in
fact there are extraordinary means being taken to make sure these
detainees are being given really every consideration," Huckabee
said.

• Huckabee commented about the detention centre operated
by military in the Guantanamo Bay as follows: "The inmates there
were getting a whole lot better treatment in comparison to the
prisoners in Arkansas. I hope our guys don't see this," said
Huckabee. "They'll all want to be transferred to Guantanamo. If
anything, it's too nice," added Huckabee.

• "But I tell you if we let somebody out and it turns out
that they come and fly an airliner into one of our skyscrapers,
we're going to be asking how come we didn't stop them, we had
them detained," he said. "If we're going to make a mistake right
now, let's make it on the side of protecting the American
people."

• The existing system of dealing with the terror suspects
detained in the Guantanamo, according to Huckabee's opinion,
"reveals what's gone wrong" in the war against terrorism. He
feels that erring for the sake of protecting the American
citizens proves to be a better choice.