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17. Editorial, “Hijacking the Geneva Conventions,” Washington Post, February 18, 1987.
18. Editorial, “Denied: A Shield for Terrorists,” New York Times, February 17, 1987.
19. Editorial, “The Guantánamo Story,” Washington Post, January 25, 2002; editorial, “Justice at Guantánamo,” New York Times, January 29, 2002.
20. Eric Holder, interviewed by Paula Zahn, American Morning with Paula Zahn, CNN, January 28, 2002.
21. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), “Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,” Article 17, Geneva, August 12, 1949.
22. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), “Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,” Article 25, Geneva, August 12, 1949.
23. Richard A. Clarke, “Blinded by Hindsight,” New York Times, October 1, 2006; WarrenRichey, “Sorting Out Guantánamo Detainees,” Christian Science Monitor, January 22, 2009; Charlie Savage and Scott Shane, “Terror-War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers,” New York Times, March 9, 2009.
24. Taft to Gonzales, “Comments on Your Paper on the Geneva Convention,” February 2, 2002, as quoted in Jack Goldsmith, The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration (New York: W. W. Norton, 2007), p. 113.
25. Powell to Gonzales and Rice, “Draft Decision Memorandum for the President on the Applicability of the Geneva Convention to the conflict in Afghanistan,” January 25, 2002.
26. Douglas J. Feith, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism (New York: HarperCollins, 2008), p. 164; Jay S. Bybee to Gonzales and Haynes, “Re: Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees,” January 22, 2002.
27. Katharine Q. Seelye and David E. Sanger, “Bush Reconsiders Stand on Treating Captives of War,” New York Times, January 29, 2002.
28. Rumsfeld to Powell and Rice, “Geneva Convention,” February 4, 2002.
29. Department of Defense, “Points for 2/4/02 NSC Meeting on Geneva Convention,” February 3, 2002.
30. Department of Defense, “Points for 2/4/02 NSC Meeting on Geneva Convention,” February 3, 2002.
31. Department of Defense, “Points for 2/4/02 NSC Meeting on Geneva Convention,” February 3, 2002.
32. Powell to Gonzales and Rice, “Draft Decision Memorandum for the President on the Applicability of the Geneva Convention to the conflict in Afghanistan,” January 25, 2002.
33. Bush to Cheney et al., “Humane Treatment of al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees,” February 7, 2002.
34. Rumsfeld to Hadley et al., “Transferring Responsibilities to Afghanistan and Iraq,” February 3, 2005.
35. Haynes to Rumsfeld, “Detention Facilities in the Continental United States,” December 27, 2001.
36. Department of Defense news transcript, “DoD News briefing—Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers,” December 27, 2001.
37. Rumsfeld to Myers and Franks, “Low-Level Enemy Combatants,” April 21, 2003.
38. Rumsfeld to Powell et al., “Making Afghans Responsible for Holding ‘Low-Level’ Enemy Combatants in the Afghan System,” April 21, 2003.
39. Rumsfeld to Feith, “Detainees,” January 3, 2003.
40. Rumsfeld to Feith, “Detainees,” January 8, 2003.
41. Rumsfeld to Haynes and Feith, “Detainees,” April 11, 2003.
42. Rumsfeld to Powell et al., “Negotiating Transfer Agreements With Foreign Nations,” April 21, 2003.
43. “Lesson Eighteen: Prisons and Detention Centers,” Manchester Document, al-Qaida Training Manual.
44. “Lesson Eighteen: Prisons and Detention Centers,” Manchester Document, al-Qaida Training Manual.
45. Michael Isikoffand John Barry, “Gitmo: SouthCom Showdown,” Newsweek, May 9, 2005.
46. Mark Whitaker, “The Editor’s Desk,” Newsweek, May 23, 2005.
47. “Guantánamo Better Than Belgian Prisons: OSCE Expert,” Reuters, March 7, 2006.
48. Department of Defense Office of Public Affairs, “Ten Facts about Guantanamo,” September 14, 2006; Spc. Shanita Simmons, USA, “Detainee Literacy Rates ImproveThrough Education Programs,” American Forces Press Service; Jane Sutton, “Guantánamo Convict Eligible for ‘Movie Night,’” Reuters, August 8, 2008.
49. Chris Hedges, “Ex-Judge vs. the Government