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Old 09-07-2006, 12:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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MSNBC.com has just posted the following:

The Pentagon's top uniformed lawyers took issue Thursday with a key provision of a White House plan to prosecute military detainees, contending that language potentially restricting a defendant's access to evidence could violate treaty obligations.

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Could someone clarify a muddy point? (At least it is muddy to me.)
When did people that weren't fighting in the uniform of a country become included in any treaty agreement ... or in the Geneva Convention, for that matter?