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Disregarding International Humanitarian Law

Disregarding International Humanitarian Law

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In a memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, and William J. Haynes, General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee concludes that the Geneva Conventions “do not protect members of the al Qaeda organization”, and, furthermore, that the “President has sufficient grounds…