Take Action to Prevent Torture
VCS Action Alert: Take Action to Prevent Torture
Veterans for Common Sense
Posted 8/9/2004 7:43:00 PM
Veterans for Common Sense is committed to honoring the Geneva conventions and international law which prohibit torture. Unfortunately, a team of lawyers for the administration is determined to circumvent U.S. obligations under international law by redefining the meaning of torture. In a 50-page memo, they claimed that (under their definition of torture) the President has the authority to order torture whenever he feels it is necessary...
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/newsArticle.asp?id=1868
Veterans for Common Sense
Posted 8/9/2004 7:43:00 PM
Veterans for Common Sense is committed to honoring the Geneva conventions and international law which prohibit torture. Unfortunately, a team of lawyers for the administration is determined to circumvent U.S. obligations under international law by redefining the meaning of torture. In a 50-page memo, they claimed that (under their definition of torture) the President has the authority to order torture whenever he feels it is necessary...
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/newsArticle.asp?id=1868
Starmail - 10. Aug, 16:12
