Letters Give C.I.A. Tactics a Legal Rationale - BULLSHIT

[spanone]

so, a politicized justice department can write letters that override all international law???? BULLSHIT

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has told Congress that American intelligence operatives attempting to thwart terrorist attacks can legally use interrogation methods that might otherwise be prohibited under international law.

The legal interpretation, outlined in recent letters, sheds new light on the still-secret rules for interrogations by the Central Intelligence Agency. It shows that the administration is arguing that the boundaries for interrogations should be subject to some latitude, even under an executive order issued last summer that President Bush said meant that the C.I.A. would comply with international strictures against harsh treatment of detainees.

While the Geneva Conventions prohibit “outrages upon personal dignity,” a letter sent by the Justice Department to Congress on March 5 makes clear that the administration has not drawn a precise line in deciding which interrogation methods would violate that standard, and is reserving the right to make case-by-case judgments.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/washington/27intel.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1209302189-Fh6Kkc3yF1IYnKuxkZTaCw&pagewanted=print

[madokie]

1. that what they're betting on

I'm betting they are going to fail using that tactic

[HereSince1628]

2. This can just keeps getting kicked down the street...

No one is willing to confront the truth about the Cheney administration. So inquiries result in exchanges of ass-covering letters to make it look as though the system is working just fine. And the sad possibility is that the system may indeed be working just the way it was planned.

[spanone]

3. it may take foreign nations to set up war crime tribunals....i won't hold my breath

[formercia]

4. Foreign governmets will arrest people if the legal system

in the US will not prosecute the cases. There has been legal precedent and cases are ongoing.

[Supersedeas]

5. nothing to see here -- feed them more Rev Wright: and Abrams has nothing

[spanone]

6. 24/7 reverend wright.....sickening