Geneva Conventional Wisdom

Four years after the White House counsel derided the Geneva Conventions as “quaint”, the Department of Defense has embraced them as a guideline for handling enemy combatants. But does it mark a major shift in policy, or more of the same? Also: friendship from Aristotle to Central Perk, and how globalization connects extremists.

» Read the July 2006 Pentagon document committing to the application of the Geneva Conventions (via NY Times)
» Read then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez' 2002 memo on the Geneva Conventions (via MSNBC)