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Topic: Olbermann: Bush rants again about Geneva Convention
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jeff house
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posted 18 September 2006 03:12 PM
Covering his own backside is right. The recent Supreme Court case, Hamdan, stated quite specifically that it is a CRIME ACCORDING TO US LAW to order someone to violate the Third Geneva Convention.Bush specifically told high US officials that Al-Quaeda suspects were not to be treated in accordance with the Geneva Accords. So, he could easily be prosecuted, should the political moment make it possible. Now he wants a law to prevent such prosecutions.
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sgm
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posted 18 September 2006 03:27 PM
Some of the techniques used by the CIA: quote: WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. intelligence official acknowledged Sunday that the CIA had used "tough" and "aggressive" interrogation techniques that were discontinued when the Supreme Court ruled that terrorism suspects are entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions.Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte said the CIA might still question terrorism suspects captured overseas. But he said it is "up in the air" whether agency interrogators would be free to employ methods that have been used over the past five years and that Negroponte described as necessary and effective. [snip] Negroponte's remarks confirmed that the questioning of those suspects had all but ceased by the time the Supreme Court issued its June ruling in the case of Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld, which essentially rejected the Bush administration argument that Al Qaeda suspects were unlawful combatants not entitled to the Geneva protections. Asked whether the CIA would interrogate any future captives in the fight against terrorism, Negroponte said, "That person may be questioned, but using the kinds of aggressive techniques, the tough techniques ... may be problematic because of the uncertainty that has been introduced by the current situation." Negroponte did not discuss specific interrogation techniques, but the CIA is known to have employed such methods as sleep deprivation, light and sound manipulation, and "water-boarding," in which a detainee is strapped to a board and made to fear he is in danger of drowning.
From: I have welcomed the dawn from the fields of Saskatchewan | Registered: Apr 2004
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Américain Égalitaire
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posted 18 September 2006 07:16 PM
quote: Originally posted by arborman: After Bush is out of office, he'll be vulnerable to prosecution will he not? Surely after another two years of this insanity they'll be ready to lock him up. Sigh.
Technically yes. In reality it will never, ever happen. The system will never allow a former US president to be prosecuted for any acts committed while in office. Once divine right of kings, always the divine right. And it doesn't matter whether it was Bush or Clinton. The system always protects its own - even when it has to sacrifice them ala Nixon who lived a very comfortable existence to the end of his life. And no international body can touch him either. For reasons that should be obvious.
From: Chardon, Ohio USA | Registered: Jan 2005
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