President Puts Terror Detainees Under Geneva Convention

[helderheid]

July 20, 2007 9:51 p.m. EST

Christopher Rizo - AHN Staff Writer

Washington, D.C.(AHN)--Long criticized by human rights observers for his policy on the treatment of terror suspects, President Bush on Friday ordered the CIA to comply with the Geneva Conventions against enemy torture.

The five-page executive order came Friday after more than five years after the president exempted members of al-Qaida and the Taliban from the international accord's provisions.

Under Friday's five-page order, the CIA must comply with Common Article 3, which prohibits "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment."

While intelligence officials remain reticent on the specific interrogation techniques employed by the spy agency, the Associated Press reports that the agency's methods are believed to have included sleep deprivation and disorientation, exposing prisoners to uncomfortable cold or heat for long periods, stress positions and the simulated drowning technique known as water-boarding.

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I gotta say this headline really bothers me. Since when does Bush have the right to decide whether we torture or not? The Geneva Conventions decide that!

[FormerOstrich]

1. I think Christopher Rizo needs to find

another profession cause I'm thinkin' he is not very good at this one. From what I understand this particular EO allows Bush to apply his interpretation/slant on Geneva Conventions, insulates him from any sort of International Court actions, and does not allow the detainees to contact the Red Cross...and probably much more...

then again, maybe I'm all wet and Christopher really knows his stuff.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. It's a little too late for this "change-o'heart", Chimpy McFuckwad

He'll be a whore for poll numbers no matter what.
Doesn't matter to him that there are those who have been murdered
due to his non-torture torture methods.
:grr: :mad: :grr:


Perhaps he had a precognitive dream while having the inside of his ass checked out and scraped,
and "saw" he could be tried for his crimes.
Once he woke up, he realized it was time to cover his ass :sarcasm:

[poverlay]

3. Yeah, I had this horrible thought that * would die on the table and thereby gain the sympathy

legacy. Total groan moment. Especially considering the horrors that would occur in a year+ under darth coward.