July 11, 200620 yr WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Tuesday that all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in all other U.S. military custody around the world are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions. White House spokesman Tony Snow said the policy, outlined in a new Defense Department memo, reflects the recent 5-3 Supreme Court decision blocking military tribunals set up by President Bush. The policy, described in a memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, appears to reverse the administration?s earlier insistence that the detainees are not prisoners of war and thus subject to the Geneva protections. Word of the Bush administration?s new stance came as the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings Tuesday on the Guantanamo issue ? which is testing unity among Republicans on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers trying to decide in an election season how military detainees should be tried and what their rights should be. Snow insisted that all U.S. detainees have been treated humanely. Still, he said, ?We want to get it right.? ?It?s not really a reversal of policy,? Snow asserted, calling the Supreme Court decision ?complex.? He said efforts to spell out more clearly the rights of detainees does not change the president?s determination to work with Congress to enable the administration to proceed with the military tribunals, or commissions. The goal is ?to find a way to properly do this in a way consistent with national security,? Snow said. Snow said that the instruction manuals used by the Department of Defense already comply with the humane-treatment provisions of Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. They are currently being updated to reflect legislation passed by Congress and sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to more expressly rule out torture. ?The administration intends to work with Congress,? Snow said. ?We want to fulfill the mandates of justice, making sure we find a way properly to try people who have been plucked off the battlefields who are not combatants in the traditional sense,? he said. ?The Supreme Court pretty much said it?s over to you guys (the administration and Congress) to figure out how to do this. And that is where this is headed. And we look forward to working with Congress on this.? Well, I'm glad they are finally going to get these people moving through the justice system (hopefully) after close to five years of detainment without a trial. Maybe justice will finally be served for them, and we can send the not guilty home. I also hope it spells the end of Camp X-Ray (which Bush has hinted at recently).
July 11, 200620 yr WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Tuesday that all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in all other U.S. military custody around the world are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions. White House spokesman Tony Snow said the policy, outlined in a new Defense Department memo, reflects the recent 5-3 Supreme Court decision blocking military tribunals set up by President Bush. The policy, described in a memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, appears to reverse the administration?s earlier insistence that the detainees are not prisoners of war and thus subject to the Geneva protections. Word of the Bush administration?s new stance came as the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings Tuesday on the Guantanamo issue ? which is testing unity among Republicans on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers trying to decide in an election season how military detainees should be tried and what their rights should be. Snow insisted that all U.S. detainees have been treated humanely. Still, he said, ?We want to get it right.? ?It?s not really a reversal of policy,? Snow asserted, calling the Supreme Court decision ?complex.? He said efforts to spell out more clearly the rights of detainees does not change the president?s determination to work with Congress to enable the administration to proceed with the military tribunals, or commissions. The goal is ?to find a way to properly do this in a way consistent with national security,? Snow said. Snow said that the instruction manuals used by the Department of Defense already comply with the humane-treatment provisions of Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. They are currently being updated to reflect legislation passed by Congress and sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to more expressly rule out torture. ?The administration intends to work with Congress,? Snow said. ?We want to fulfill the mandates of justice, making sure we find a way properly to try people who have been plucked off the battlefields who are not combatants in the traditional sense,? he said. ?The Supreme Court pretty much said it?s over to you guys (the administration and Congress) to figure out how to do this. And that is where this is headed. And we look forward to working with Congress on this.? Well, I'm glad they are finally going to get these people moving through the justice system (hopefully) after close to five years of detainment without a trial. Maybe justice will finally be served for them, and we can send the not guilty home. I also hope it spells the end of Camp X-Ray (which Bush has hinted at recently). do you really think the bush administration will let any of the detainees be found not-guilty? personally...i think the cubs win a world series before any of the detainees see their own families again
July 11, 200620 yr Author Well, that's what I'm afraid of. I hope they get fair trials, but who knows. Bush has still been saying publicly that he wants military tribunals.
July 11, 200620 yr Well, that's what I'm afraid of. I hope they get fair trials, but who knows. Bush has still been saying publicly that he wants military tribunals. i wonder if he wants the gallows, gas chamber, lethal injection chamber, and area for firing squad nex to the court house? im pretty sure he is gonna use them all
July 11, 200620 yr Well, that's what I'm afraid of. I hope they get fair trials, but who knows. Bush has still been saying publicly that he wants military tribunals. i wonder if he wants the gallows, gas chamber, lethal injection chamber, and area for firing squad nex to the court house? im pretty sure he is gonna use them all I hope your exagerrating. Considering most of those methods of death are no longer used. By the way these threads where its just you and FutureGM agreeing with each other are getting ridiculous. Each of you tries to top the other with anti-bush stuff. GM: Bush is stupid Jim: Bush is retarded GM: Bush is a murderer Jim: Bush eats small children GM: Iraq is the worst war ever Jim: Bush was responsible for the holocaust
July 11, 200620 yr Well, that's what I'm afraid of. I hope they get fair trials, but who knows. Bush has still been saying publicly that he wants military tribunals. i wonder if he wants the gallows, gas chamber, lethal injection chamber, and area for firing squad nex to the court house? im pretty sure he is gonna use them all I hope your exagerrating. Considering most of those methods of death are no longer used. By the way these threads where its just you and FutureGM agreeing with each other are getting ridiculous. Each of you tries to top the other with anti-bush stuff. GM: Bush is stupid Jim: Bush is retarded GM: Bush is a murderer Jim: Bush eats small children GM: Iraq is the worst war ever Jim: Bush was responsible for the holocaust :lol :lol it's funny because it's true. FutureGM and jimmy are a tag team now. Throw all logic, reasoning and common sense out the window, and you've got FutureGM and jimmy.
July 11, 200620 yr What anti-Bush comment did futureGM make in this thread? Saying he hopes Bush moves toward some fair trial is anti-Bush? I guess even saying the name of Bush is questioning him now. And Accord, you accusing others of lacking in logic, reasoning and common sense is hilarious.
July 11, 200620 yr What anti-Bush comment did futureGM make in this thread? And Accord, you accusing others of lacking in logic, reasoning and common sense is hilarious. Very well, you're right GM didn't say anything about bush in this thread. My apologies
July 11, 200620 yr Author What anti-Bush comment did futureGM make in this thread? And Accord, you accusing others of lacking in logic, reasoning and common sense is hilarious. Very well, you're right GM didn't say anything about bush in this thread. My apologies Bingo. Way to jump to conclusions, guys.
July 11, 200620 yr Well, that's what I'm afraid of. I hope they get fair trials, but who knows. Bush has still been saying publicly that he wants military tribunals. i wonder if he wants the gallows, gas chamber, lethal injection chamber, and area for firing squad nex to the court house? im pretty sure he is gonna use them all I hope your exagerrating. Considering most of those methods of death are no longer used. By the way these threads where its just you and FutureGM agreeing with each other are getting ridiculous. Each of you tries to top the other with anti-bush stuff. GM: Bush is stupid Jim: Bush is retarded GM: Bush is a murderer Jim: Bush eats small children GM: Iraq is the worst war ever Jim: Bush was responsible for the holocaust hey...thanks for putting words in my mouth...and you may have wiffed a little sarcasm in there...and as for accord...your head is so far up bush's ass, i dont know where he ends and you begin...remember...just because he is president, we dont have to like it...that is OUR RIGHT
July 11, 200620 yr Well, that's what I'm afraid of. I hope they get fair trials, but who knows. Bush has still been saying publicly that he wants military tribunals. i wonder if he wants the gallows, gas chamber, lethal injection chamber, and area for firing squad nex to the court house? im pretty sure he is gonna use them all I hope your exagerrating. Considering most of those methods of death are no longer used. By the way these threads where its just you and FutureGM agreeing with each other are getting ridiculous. Each of you tries to top the other with anti-bush stuff. GM: Bush is stupid Jim: Bush is retarded GM: Bush is a murderer Jim: Bush eats small children GM: Iraq is the worst war ever Jim: Bush was responsible for the holocaust hey...thanks for putting words in my mouth...and you may have wiffed a little sarcasm in there...and as for accord...your head is so far up bush's ass, i dont know where he ends and you begin...remember...just because he is president, we dont have to like it...that is OUR RIGHT I just find it humorous that in several posts its GM and you going back and forth, agreeing with each other. Comical more than anything else in my opinion.
July 11, 200620 yr Well, that's what I'm afraid of. I hope they get fair trials, but who knows. Bush has still been saying publicly that he wants military tribunals. i wonder if he wants the gallows, gas chamber, lethal injection chamber, and area for firing squad nex to the court house? im pretty sure he is gonna use them all I hope your exagerrating. Considering most of those methods of death are no longer used. By the way these threads where its just you and FutureGM agreeing with each other are getting ridiculous. Each of you tries to top the other with anti-bush stuff. GM: Bush is stupid Jim: Bush is retarded GM: Bush is a murderer Jim: Bush eats small children GM: Iraq is the worst war ever Jim: Bush was responsible for the holocaust hey...thanks for putting words in my mouth...and you may have wiffed a little sarcasm in there...and as for accord...your head is so far up bush's ass, i dont know where he ends and you begin...remember...just because he is president, we dont have to like it...that is OUR RIGHT I just find it humorous that in several posts its GM and you going back and forth, agreeing with each other. Comical more than anything else in my opinion. boring day at work, what can i say...and come on man, just because you dont agree with us doesnt mean you have bush us for agreeing with each other
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