Julian E. Barnes reports that the Pentagon and State Department are fighting over the Army's intent to drop a ban of "prisoner humuliation" from the Code of Conduct. Army Manual to Skip Geneva Detainee Rule
The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Convention that explicitly bans "humiliating and degrading treatment," according to knowledgeable military officials, a step that would mark a further, potentially permanent, shift away from strict adherence to international human rights standards. What the heck?
