This DoD Memo addresses the circumstances leading up to the creation of the Guantanamo facility and the conflict Al Qaida and Taliban forces have initiated against the United States and the other western powers. The memo states that the U.S. has "no interest in holding people who are not enemy combatants. To do so would be inconsistent with the deeply held values in which America believes and to which we have long been committed". There are also details of the reasoning for detaining enemy combatants and the interrogation they face. It stresses that there is a process to determine the enemy combatant status and the humane treatment of those in custody.