Red Cross meets with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others
I'm not exactly clear on the process going forward. Often, the Red Cross attempts to resolve prisoner issues confidentially with the detaining government, but since this is much bigger than simple "conditions" issues, I don't know.
A statement by the Red Cross will be issued "in coming days."
ALSO: It should also be noted that the "Detainee Treatment" bill that was rushed through Congress on the final day of its session, offers retroactive immunity to all US government personnel involved in the torture of these individuals, including the President.
(Once this legislation is signed, it would be constitutionally impossible to make those past acts of torture retroactively illegal, although the bill itself will have to stand up to judicial review.)
As far as I can tell from a quick Google, Bush is yet to sign this bill, but it is waiting on his desk.
A Red Cross delegation has met at Guantanamo Bay with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and 13 other "high-value detainees," a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
A statement by the Red Cross will be issued "in coming days."
ALSO: It should also be noted that the "Detainee Treatment" bill that was rushed through Congress on the final day of its session, offers retroactive immunity to all US government personnel involved in the torture of these individuals, including the President.
(Once this legislation is signed, it would be constitutionally impossible to make those past acts of torture retroactively illegal, although the bill itself will have to stand up to judicial review.)
As far as I can tell from a quick Google, Bush is yet to sign this bill, but it is waiting on his desk.
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