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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (71819)	7/9/2006 1:18:04 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

This is the Law (whether you like it or not): Under US federal criminal law, anyone who: "commits a war crime shall be fined or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death." A war crime is defined as: "any conduct which constitutes a violation of Common Article 3 of the international conventions signed at Geneva." The real legal center in the decision is the Court's holding that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention applies to all US military conflicts. This makes high-ranking Bush administration officials potentially subject to prosecution under the federal War Crimes Act. The importance of the Supreme Court's decision, however, is that it is a legal decision by America's highest court which has ruled President Bush to be in violation of the Geneva Conventions.