“The Bush administration called today for Congress to fix, rather than scrap, the system of military tribunals that was struck down by the Supreme Court last month, while the Pentagon pledged to treat detainees in accordance with the Geneva Conventions as the court required.” (New York Times )
Before the court ruling, the administration repeatedly stated that the detainees were not subject to the protections of the Geneva Conventions; now they are, but mealymouthed administration spokesmen feel the most important point to make about this announcement is that it is not a change of policy. Let us hope there is a fight brewing in Congress about an imperious administration now needing to crawl hat in hand to them to rubberstamp its abuses of power.
