Interrogation techniques called
violation of Geneva Conventions

Well, duh.

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

The No. 2 general and civilian at the Pentagon indicated today that interrogation techniques ordered in Iraq violated the Geneva Conventions and said they did not know who approved them.

Marine Gen. Peter Pace and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said they were unaware of any U.S. military rules for interrogating prisoners that would allow them to be put in stressful positions, deprived of sleep for up to 72 hours, threatened with dogs or kept in isolation for more than 30 days.

Their statements came on the same day that a campaigning President Bush told an audience in West Virginia that "I have been disgraced" by scenes of American soldiers brutalizing Iraqi prisoners.

Of course, that's not the only thing that's disgraced Bush over the last few years, but I suppose this is a start. Guess who's still asserting that torture is a-okay?

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Wednesday had defended the techniques, rejecting complaints that they violate international rules. Rumsfeld said Pentagon lawyers had approved the methods and said they required that prisoners be treated humanely at all times.

Even though Wolfowitz and General Pace claim not to know who approved these "military rules for interrogating prisoners," Rumsfeld seems to think that the Pentagon itself gave the go-ahead. Clearly, these guys are in CYA mode, bigtime.

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