Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Where'd he claim all that again? Because I missed it.

You ought to have been paying attention.

His claim is that it is an executive power, with no oversight from the courts (or anyone else), to declare someone an unlawful combatant. His claim is that unlawful combatants are outside the purview of the Geneva conventions, are outside the purview of the Judiciary, and may not be inspected by the traditional Red Cross. He has fought tooth and nail against restrictions on torture of people the US has in custody.

These are not each happening in independent sandboxes; they are all happening together.