The Bush administration and three prominent Republican senators opposing its effort to codify broad standards for terror-detainee treatment gave signs of seeking compromise today, as both sides face intense political pressures over their positions.
The president has demanded support for his proposals -- vital, he argues, to protecting American security -- to allow for a tough but undefined set of procedures for interrogations by the Central Intelligence Agency and for a system of military tribunals for terror suspects that might deny them the evidence on which they are being tried.
Mr. Bush threatened flatly on Friday to cancel the C.I.A. interrogation program if Congress did not accept the administration approach.
If it seemed that our country was trying to redefine the Geneva Convention to meet the needs of the C.I.A. why can't every other country redefine the Geneva Convention to meet the needs of their secret police?" Mr. Graham said on "Face the Nation" on CBS. "It would be a disaster." http://www.nytimes.com/...
I have to agree with this. Knowing Bush, you cannot trust him or his motives! To my surprise Britain is very concerned and speaking out about what is happening with thie in the U.S. Senate.
Britain's Attorney-General has warned the US that its bill to try to limit its obligations under the Geneva Conventions while interrogating and trying detainees risked international condemnation.
Lord Goldsmith waded into the row after a US Senate committee rejected the bill and backed alternative legislation proposed by a Republican senator, John McCain, and supported by George Bush's former secretary of state, Colin Powell.
The Attorney-General's comments, delivered in a lecture to lawyers in Chicago, signal an attempt by Britain to bring the US back in line with international law. Lord Goldsmith said he had thought hard about whether to interfere in a "live and sensitive, domestic political debate", but "this is an international standard of very considerable importance and its content must be the same for all nations". http://www.smh.com.au/...
It is our experience that Bush will hold his breath, take his ball and go home as I wish he would, until he gets his way. I know we need every tool! available in order to prosecute the war on terror. I for one just can't trust Bush with any tools. It is not the tool, it is the fact that he has abused every one he gets his hands on.
I don't understand why we cannot stay status quo on this and let other Nations do the extreme interrogation as currently happens. I think it is very telling that Britain is speaking out against Bush. What are your thoughts on this issue?
James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com
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