to this day, the administration actively seeks to abrogate the geneva convention. they seek to do things just as bad or worse than what happened at abu ghraib. since it doesn't seem like you've read this:
i'll add
this to the list....
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WASHINGTON -- At the request of the CIA, the Justice Department drafted a confidential memo that authorizes the agency to transfer detainees out of Iraq for interrogation, a practice that international legal specialists say contravenes the Geneva Conventions.
One intelligence official familiar with the operation said the CIA has used the March draft memo as legal support for secretly transporting up to a dozen detainees out of Iraq in the last six months. The agency has concealed the detainees from the International Red Cross and other authorities, the official said. |