Rogue terror state violates Geneva Convention

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Sun Jan 13 20:31:44 PST 2002


On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:13:41AM +0800, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
> I'll say it again - these are not prisoners of war! 

This is the heart of the matter. If the detainees are determined
to be POWs, that triggers a certain level of legal protection.
So far, it seems as though the U.S. is saying they are not but
we'll extend them some of the benefits because we're nice guys.

-Declan





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