Claim: Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."
Fact-check: In wake of Senate report, Dick Cheney says terrorists 'not covered by the Geneva Convention'
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2014-12-14T00:00:00