Here's an amusing letter, sent by one F. F. Martin to the editor of the Washington Post:
/ / skip -------forwarded message follows-------- If President Bush decides to try any terrorist suspects by military commission, he should reconsider in light of the fact that he himself would be subject to criminal prosecution under the U.S. War Crimes Act of 1996 for committing a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Grave breaches include willfully depriving a person of war of the right to a fair and regular trial, which means the right to an impartial and independent tribunal. Section 2(a)(1) of President Bush's military order in conjunction with Section 4(c)(8) violates the right to an independent and impartial tribunal by making him both prosecutor and final judge -- a grave breach of the Geneva Convention (article 147) and a clear violation of the War Crimes Act. And, by the way, a violation of the War Crimes Act may be punishable by death. FRANCISCO FORREST MARTIN Saskatoon, Canada http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14449-2001Nov25.html
