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From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2005-12-08:

"In February [2002], CIA lawyers prudently asked for and obtained from the administration a formal exemption from President Bush's pledge to abide by 'the spirit' of the Geneva Conventions. The CIA was aware, if no one else seemed to be, that the new White House policy authorized American officers to commit acts for which the Second World War Allies had hanged Gestapo and SS officers and Japanese prison-camp commanders." -- William Pfaff, columnist and foreign policy writer.