White House Counsel set up Legal Foundation to define abuse parameters

[kentuck]

Gonzales advised Bush that he would not have to abide by the rules of the Geneva Convention. Bush actually listened to his advice.
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http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040516&cat=news&st=newsd82k07rg0&src=ap

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Iraq prisoner abuse scandal shifted Sunday to the question of whether the Bush administration set up a legal foundation that opened the door for the mistreatment. Within months of the Sept. 11 attacks, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales reportedly wrote President Bush a memo about the terrorism fight and prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions.

"In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions," Gonzales wrote, according to the report in Newsweek magazine. Secretary of State Colin Powell "hit the roof" when he read the memo, according to the account.

Asked about the Gonzales memo, the White House said, "It is the policy of the United States to comply with all of our laws and our treaty obligations."
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1. "Quaint"??? "QUAINT"???

The signatories of G3 had about 3000% as much foresight as you, Alberto. They saw fascism in the future, and it looked a lot like you.

Just because you think the terms are quaint doesn't relieve you of being a war criminal, you fuck.

[SharonAnn]

2. He and his family were/are tightly connected to the right-wing

military government in Honduras.

This is the country and government that Negroponte was the US ambassador to. They were thick in the CIA Iran/Contra dealings.

Gee, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?

[wtmusic]

3. No it doesn't

and thanks for the background :thumbsup:

[pinto]

4. kick. these folks probably think our Constitution is somewhat quaint, too.

[wtmusic]

5. Reminds me of Tommy Franks' comment

re: throwing out the Constitution. What a wussy.