There you have the crux of the issue, whether the Geneva Convention applies to non-state actors. The Supreme Court ruled on it in 2005 in Hamdan v Rumsfeld and said it did, but the opinion also left room for Congress to pass legislation to say that it doesn't. Prior to the 2005 ruling, the Bush Administration had to make some judgment as to whether the GC applied. They decided it didn't. End of story.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Gruss G wrote: > False. Dick Cheney has publicly admitted to endorsing and supporting > water-boarding, a form of torture banned by Geneva Convention of which > the US is signatory along with 150+ countries. That's admission of a > war crime. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
