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<DIV>If Secretary Gates considers the Geneva Convention to be valid at Gitmo, why are they still there? My guess is he tells people what they want to hear, and does what needs to be done to defend the country from its enemies. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 4/1/09, Tom Hansen <I><idahotom@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <idahotom@hotmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<BR>To: "<SPAN><SPAN>Sunil</SPAN></SPAN> Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com>, "Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>, bear@moscow.com<BR>Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 4:22 PM<BR><BR>
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I invite and encourage y'all to read . . .<BR> <BR>A memorandum from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, dated July 7, 2006 . . .<BR> <BR>"Application of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions to the Treatment of Detainees in the Department of Defense"<BR> <BR><A href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2006/d20060814comm3.pdf" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2006/d20060814comm3.pdf</A><BR><BR>Yes, Arnold. The Secretary of Defense (on July 7, 2006 and up to and including today) considers Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions to be the governing document in the processing/handling of detainees incarcerated at Guantanamo.<BR> <BR>If you have any questions, or doubt the Secretary's autority in this matter, I suggest that you contact Secretary Gates at (703) 697-4602 (as posted in the memorandum), and set him straight.<BR> <BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR> <BR>Tom
Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR> <BR>
<P class=EC_EC_MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000>"For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go to work."</FONT></DIV>
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