While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Human rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of POWs under the Geneva Conventions. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield,… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to the rights… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
There was nothing wrong - and everything right - with analyzing a law that establishes boundaries on interrogation in the war on terrorism. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
