rssDid the CIA Lie to the Red Cross?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 6:19 pm
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Yup, that’s what Jane Mayer told Alternet’s Liliana Segura: the Defense Department actually hid prisoners from the International Committee of the Red Cross when the humanitarian group first visited the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in 2002.
“That’s an overt act; lying to the Red Cross, hiding prisoners from them,” Mayer said.
The ICRC is supposed to be the neutral body that monitors’ countries compliance with the Geneva Conventions and other international law. So, is lying to the Red Cross akin to obstruction of justice?
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Comment posted April 14, 2009 @ 9:39 pm
Just the fyi, but the CIA and the Defense Department are not the same.
Comment posted April 14, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
Per me2's comment, the CIA and DOD are different government entities (Defense – DOD, is a Cabinet level executive department and CIA is a separate agency).
Aside from that, it's kind of like an obstruction, but what hiding prisoners is, is a failure to comply with the requirements of a treaty which the US government has signed on to and which Congress has ratified. Nothing new there; our government has a history of making treaties and not abiding by them.
Comment posted April 15, 2009 @ 4:39 am
Just the fyi, but the CIA and the Defense Department are not the same.
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