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“Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva,…” quote by John Yoo — Download Open image

“Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy never contemplated by the Conventions.”

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A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages.

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This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law.

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We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the…

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There was nothing wrong - and everything right - with analyzing a law that establishes boundaries on interrogation in the war on terrorism.

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President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.

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Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on…

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It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

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