“War Council” Committed War Crimes

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Easing of Laws That Led to Detainee Abuse Hatched in Secret

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By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn’t the product of American military policy or the fault of a few rogue soldiers.

It was largely the work of five White House, Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers who, following the orders of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, reinterpreted or tossed out the U.S. and international laws that govern the treatment of prisoners in wartime, according to former U.S. defense and Bush administration officials.

This series should win the Pulitzer Prize.