Finally admitted I'd been pushing myself too hard and crashed for a little over 12 hours. In the mean time, Zero beat me to the story of the day. One of the great things about having a team blog is knowing I can take a few hours off now and then without wondering "But who'll mind the site?" Anyhoo, here are some related things I think you'll find interesting:

Genevamania! Bush extends Article 3 to detainees worldwide

Bush Administration Caves To ACLU

More Geneva: Pali PM cites Fourth Convention in WaPo op-ed

The Pentagon and Geneva: Terrorists pick up a major win

Geneva Convention Rights For Gitmo Detainees - Administration Sacrifices Safety For Friendship With The Left

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Article 3
Dafydd ab Hugh

So today's media-driven episode of Bush Derangement Syndrome is the fallacious claim that, in some dramatic turnaround, the Bush administration now finally "admits" that terrorists are prisoners of war, entitled to the full protection of the Geneva Conventions as POWs -- including the right never to be interrogated. For example:

[Read on.]

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DoD Memo on Terror Detainees - Jed Babbin

The new memorandum about the status of terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and elsewhere - signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England on Friday -- is being widely misreported. The memo, which is reproduced in full below, doesn't say that the terrorists are now POWs under the Geneva Conventions or that they will be afforded the full rights and protections of the Geneva Conventions.

What it does say is that with the exception of the military tribunals tossed out by the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan, the treatment of the terrorist enemy combatants - under the cited Defense Department and Army manuals - is believed to be consistent with Geneva standards. The media hype of this is entirely wrong.

[Read on.]

Contributed by Bill Faith on July 11, 2006 at 10:17 PM in Bill Faith, Islamism Delenda Est, Judicial Stupidity | Permalink

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