State Department cable with talking points on responding to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention opinion concerning the detention of four (4) specific persons held at Guantanamo. The U.S. respectfully disagreed with the characterization of the detention of the individuals named as being held in an arbitrary manor. The U.S. believes they picked these men up as part of the war on terror and under circumstances that are contemplated by the Geneva Conventions concerning unlawful enemy combatants, and the NATO charter Article 5 of the Washington Treaty. The detainees are members of a terrorist network that do not conform to international treaty on the laws of war or combat and make unlawful combat upon civilians and other non-combatants. Finally, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention lacks the legal standing to issue an authoritative opinion on this issue.