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The Moral Values of Alberto Gonzalez

“President George W Bush was advised by Justice Department officials and the White House lawyer, Alberto Gonzalez, that Geneva Conventions on torture did not apply to “unlawful combatants”, captured during the war on terror.”
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“Gonzales concluded in stark terms: “In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva’s strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.””

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“Gonzales argued wishfully to Bush that “your policy of providing humane treatment to enemy detainees gives us the credibility to insist on like treatment for our soldiers.”

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See also: Alberto Gonzales: Record of Injustice.

OMG, I LOVE that you listed your sources.

it almost makes me miss for kissinger. at least he had the manners and sense to pay other countries to do his torturing for him.

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