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Old July 11th 06, 03:43 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Breaking Pentagon admission: They want terrorists to win

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- In a sweeping change of policy, the Pentagon
has decided that it will treat all detainees in compliance with the
minimum standards spelled out in the Geneva conventions, a senior
defense official said today.

The new policy comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling last
month invalidating a system of military tribunals the Pentagon had
created to try suspected terrorists, and just before Congress takes up
the question of a replacement system in a Senate Judiciary Committee
hearing today.

As part of its decision, the court found that a key provision of
the Geneva conventions, known as Common Article 3, did apply to terror
suspects, contradicting the position taken by the Bush administration.

Key quote: "If you don’t apply it when it’s inconvenient, it’s not a
rule of law."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/wo...rtner=homepage
 




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