John Yoo Conventions Quotations

This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law.

Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.

President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.