NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Department of Defense has decided to leave out a Geneva Convention ban on "humiliating and degrading treatment" from its new detainee policies, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Citing knowledgeable military officials, the newspaper said the Army's new Field Manual on interrogation is being rewritten to create safeguards so all detainees are treated humanely but can still be questioned effectively.
However, the U.S. State Department fiercely opposes the military's decision to exclude Geneva Convention protections and has been pushing for the Pentagon and White House to reconsider, the Defense Department officials acknowledged, according to the Times report.
The detainee directive was due to be released in late April along with the Army Field Manual on interrogation. But objections from several senators on other Field Manual issues forced a delay, The Times said. The senators objected to provisions allowing harsher interrogation techniques for those considered unlawful combatants, such as suspected terrorists, as opposed to traditional prisoners of war, the Times reported.
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/145525958?-3825so, it's alright with our military if our soldiers, who happen to be captured, are subjected to humiliation by their captors? Or, do we reserve that right just for ourselves?