Dubya and the really shitty, very bad compromise
The WaPo issues a tepid rebuke [comments mine]:
The Abuse Can Continue - washingtonpost.com
I swear, if the Democrats in Congress let this one go, they are truly unworthy of office.
THE GOOD NEWS about the agreement reached yesterday between the Bush administration and Republican senators... [there IS no good news, assholes!]
[snip]
The bad news is that Mr. Bush, as he made clear yesterday, intends to continue using the CIA to secretly detain and abuse certain terrorist suspects. He will do so by issuing his own interpretation of the Geneva Conventions in an executive order and by relying on questionable Justice Department opinions that authorize such practices as exposing prisoners to hypothermia and prolonged sleep deprivation. Under the compromise agreed to yesterday, Congress would recognize his authority to take these steps and prevent prisoners from appealing them to U.S. courts. The bill would also immunize CIA personnel from prosecution for all but the most serious abuses and protect those who in the past violated U.S. law against war crimes. [In other words, matters will be worse now that things are no longer "vague"]
In short, it's hard [Dammit, you cowards! Just fucking say it! It's not difficult, it's goddamned impossible!] to credit the statement by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) yesterday that "there's no doubt that the integrity and letter and spirit of the Geneva Conventions have been preserved." In effect, the agreement means that U.S. violations of international human rights law can continue as long as Mr. Bush is president, with Congress's tacit assent. If they do, America's standing in the world will continue to suffer, as will the fight against terrorism.
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