On Tuesday Rumsfeld also defended the use of Guantanamo Bay saying it remains a key part of the country’s so-called “war on terror” and that the military has no plans to shut it down. He defended the treatment of detainees at the military prison. In a separate interview with the BBC he said “The people in Gitmo… have the best food probably, the best medical treatment, they’ve ever received in their lives.” Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings today on the legal rights of prisoners at Guantanamo.