Geneva conventions for detainees

we don't often get good news these days, but here's some, and, i have to say, i'm damn glad to see it... i know bushco is still pushing hard to be blessed for its OTHER illegalities (see today's earlier posts, here and here), but, at this point, i'll be glad for anything we can get...

Bowing to critics of its tough interrogation policies, the Pentagon is issuing a new Army field manual that provides Geneva Convention protections for all detainees and eliminates a secret list of interrogation tactics.

The manual, set for release today, also reverses an earlier decision to maintain two interrogation standards — one for traditional prisoners of war and another for "unlawful combatants" captured during a conflict but not affiliated with a nation's military force. It will ban the use of such controversial methods as forcing prisoners to endure long periods of solitary confinement, using military dogs to threaten prisoners, putting hoods over inmates' heads and strapping detainees to boards and dunking them in water to simulate drowning, defense officials said.

one small step...

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