Language of Compromise Bill on Detainee Treatment Subject of Continued Debate and Criticism

  • Via Jack M. Balkin, the latest version of the Military Commission Bill, including all of the compromises agreed to by the Administration and Senators McCain, Graham, and Warner.”
  • Compromise on terror suspects criticized as full of holes, by Richard Simon, Julian E. Barnes, Los Angeles Times
  • Critics say torture deal opens door to abuse – Compromise challenged by rights activists, by Margaret Talev and Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers
  • Congress in dark on terror program – Few briefed on CIA interrogation, by Rick Klein, Globe Staff, September 23, 2006
  • Graphic: Defining Limits in the Treatment of Detainees, New York Times, September 22, 2006
  • Human Rights Watch, September 22, 2006 – U.S. Senate Leaders Reject Explicit Redefinition of Geneva Conventions But Disappointing Compromise Weak on Enforcement, Eliminates Access to Courts for Victims of Abuse
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