Eric Holder in Hopes and Prospects

On Homeland Security: No Geneva Convention for terrorist interrogations

It was hoped that Obama would reverse some of the more flagrant abuses of the Bush administration in dismantling the legal system, Eric Holder had a good reputation in the legal profession. However, he had explained on CNN that we cannot adhere to the Geneva Conventions in interrogation of those accused of terrorism--which seems to mean that torture of suspects is legitimate, in gross violation of the foundations of international humanitarian law, by which the US is theoretically bound. Source: Hopes and Prospects, by Noam Chomsky, p.225 Jun 1, 2010

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