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Trump Poised to Lift Ban on C.I.A. ‘Black Site' Prisons |
2017-01-26 |
[NYT] WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is preparing a sweeping executive order that would clear the way for the C.I.A. to reopen overseas "black site" prisons, like those where it detained and tortured terrorism suspects before former President Barack Obama shut them down. Precautionary 'salt' added. President Trump’s three-page draft order, titled "Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants" and obtained by The New York Times, would also undo many of the other restrictions on handling detainees that Mr. Obama put in place in response to policies of the George W. Bush administration. If Mr. Trump signs the draft order, he would also revoke Mr. Obama’s directive to give the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all detainees in American custody. That would be another step toward reopening secret prisons outside of the normal wartime rules established by the Geneva Conventions, although statutory obstacles would remain. Mr. Obama tried to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and refused to send new detainees there, but the draft order directs the Pentagon to continue using the site "for the detention and trial of newly captured" detainees -- including not just more people suspected of being members of Al Qaeda or the Taliban, like the 41 remaining detainees, but also Islamic State detainees. It does not address legal problems that might raise. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#10 Do you mean hosts, or vacationeers RJ? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-26 17:19 |
#9 I would think all of the guys that find their way into a black site would be qualified as spies or 'pirates' under the normal rules of war. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-01-26 16:44 |
#8 put out 20+ copies with minor differences to see whose got leaked How small town gossipers are sniffed out. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-01-26 11:03 |
#7 Think Bobby is onto something. |
Posted by: Shipman 2017-01-26 09:03 |
#6 put out 20+ copies with minor differences to see whose got leaked |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-26 08:56 |
#5 #3 the normal wartime rules established by the Geneva Conventions Who signed for ISIS and Al-Q? |
Posted by: charger 2017-01-26 08:23 |
#4 Trump's mouthpiece said the document in question did not originate from the WH. Perhaps a difference without a distinction but the media jackels at the presser sure looked befuddled. |
Posted by: DepotGuy 2017-01-26 08:08 |
#3 the normal wartime rules established by the Geneva Conventions Perhaps someone has realized 'normal wartime' doesn't exist. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-26 07:58 |
#2 Or The Donald is trolling for NYT leakers. |
Posted by: Bobby 2017-01-26 07:51 |
#1 BREAKING: Mike Lindell wins new GITMO contract. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-26 07:00 |