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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Hamdan said Geneva applies. The President wants clarity to comply with the judiciary.
However, if the President didn't seek to comply with Hamdan, all of you would be in a uproar about how the Executive is ignoring an express direction from the judiciary.
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. You guys sound utterly ridiculous.
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And you sound like an apologist. (Though my view is admittedly shaped by my knowledge of your pro-torture stance.)
There is a thick, detailed Army Manual telling interrogators how to comply with the Geneva Conventions. How is it unclear?
In the context of a situation in which -- unless my memory is mistaken -- one of the Administration's initial positions was to seek a simple "carve-out"/exemption for CIA/civilian interrogators, their motivation is pretty obvious.
