Rumsfeld Lies To American People

A rather dry New York Times article adds further details to what we've known for a while: Bush thinks he is above the law and has been ignoring the Geneva Convention in Iraq by sending non-Iraqis to undisclosed locations for torture or worse by "allies" like Saudi Arabia (gotta ignore our principles to defend our principles) or hiding them from the International Red Cross. (They don't use Guantanamo Bay for the real baddies because they know the world is watching.)

But here's the kicker: Rumsfeld lied to the American people about what they've been doing. We've been transporting non-Iraqis captured in Iraq out of the country (which is a war crime under the Geneva Convention) for a year and a half.

"As recently as May 2004, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reiterated in public testimony the administration's view that "everyone in Iraq who was a military person" as well as "the civilians or criminal elements" who were detained by the American authorities would be "treated subject to the Geneva Conventions.""

Why doesn't some Congressperson demand Rummy come back to them and explain why he lied to the American people?