http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13813974/from/RS.1/

From the AP:

I guess this settles the debate over whether or not detainees are covered by the Conventions. I hope this memo sets clear standards for officers in charge of these facilities in hope that prisoner abuse won't happen again. I also see this as earning the president some points from foreign allies...

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I wonder what would have happened if this had just been stated clearly all along?

Maybe we would not have had all the problems and loss of credibilty that is not going to be undone with this change, that somehow is not a change. The fact that this administration is claiming this is not a change demonstrates what a bunch of liars they really are.

(p.s. I wonder where the signing stipulation is that exempts the CIA and all the secret prisoners)


Hmmm. The term flip flopper comes to mind

...have been arguing this case all along, while others determinedly backed the Bush administration's position. Thankfully the Supreme Court have delivered legal 'clarification' to the administration - we were right, of course.

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The Supreme Court has only confirmed what every right-thinking American has been feeling all along - which is that we are not a nation of criminals and torturers, and we don't want a President representing us that way.

And as far as Snow-Job's statement - well, that is his job, right? Spreading the White House disinformation in the "least unpalatable" manner? Peace with honor. Some things never change.....

Sanity prevails. Cheney must be pissed.

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Sometimes I get the feeling Cheney thinks he's playing a game of Civ with the diplomacy options turned off, and he's running one of the government forms that doesn't have to worry about public opinion.

At first blush, this is excellent news. As HD says, we would have been miles ahead if we had gone this route in the first place instead of being forced to it, grudgingly. But at least we got here.

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Exactly, Cheney is loosing out every day. Time has a whole article about the "end of cowboy diplomacy" I think the telling quote in that article is that when north Korea

So the Bush administration is finally realizing that there is merit to following international law. Unfortunately, this is FAR too late to undo the permanant damage to America. We are now not considered a leader in human rights. We are now not considered a leader for peace. We are now no longer even trusted.

The "Bush Doctrine" has failed. Iraq has failed. Our relations with allies have been damaged. And terrorism is more of a threat than ever. Our coffers are empty and thousands of our troops are dead. And now, witht he grinding wheels of justice taking time to catch up, the supreme court is getting into the act to say that the President is not a dictator and that he can not claim to be above the law.