I guess the current administration learnt from their experiment with Guntanamo that they can get away with anything and by being creative with their laws as well as relying on executive decisions. These were well applied in the use of contractors. In future we may see the use of non-American contractors so that they escape prosecution and liability in both Iraq and the US.
DG
-----Original Message-----
From: Lyons, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:16 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: POW Abuses in IRaq..
Of course, that's an unintended consequence of using contractors. Plausible
deniability its called. The phrasing was invented by a member of another
republican administration who had no qualms about breaking the law to
achieve its political goals.
Moreover contractors are not subject to the military code of justice, nor
may they be subject to US laws, as they are in Iraq. Given that there is no
real Iraqi justice system, these contractors can get away with anything.
The US military has determined that 2 of deaths in these prisons were caused
by one guard and one contractor. The guard is currently in custody waiting a
courts marshal. The contractor was merely fired.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dharmesh Goel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:53 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: POW Abuses in IRaq..
>
> Changing subjects...
> Interesting use of contractors to deflect criticism,
> responsibility and code of conduct in a theatre of war. What
> next, companies like Enron outsource their accounting
> departments. This way they can direct such outfits to
> continue with their fleecing and in case they are busted,
> they can disown responsibility and still get to keep their jobs?
>
> DG
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