White House rubber stamps prisoner abuse. (SFGate)
Newsweek reported that in January 2002, Gonzales wrote to President Bush that in his judgment, the post-Sept. 11 security environment "renders obsolete (the Geneva conventions') strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions."
The Republican spin machine is working overtime to deny, deny, deny, but this is just the sort of fascist, extremist, hate-filled directive to come out of the Bush White House.
The New Yorker Piece is here.
Newsweek reported that in January 2002, Gonzales wrote to President Bush that in his judgment, the post-Sept. 11 security environment "renders obsolete (the Geneva conventions') strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions."
The Republican spin machine is working overtime to deny, deny, deny, but this is just the sort of fascist, extremist, hate-filled directive to come out of the Bush White House.
The New Yorker Piece is here.
