Lawbreakers R Us

From this week's Under-reported news file:

Donald Rumsfeld revealed to Congress the fact that there are a number of internal conflicts working their way out in the process of approving a new Army manual and it's treatment of interrogations:

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said for the first time Wednesday that officials are at odds over whether a new Army manual should endorse different interrogation techniques for enemy insurgents than are allowed for regular prisoners of war.

The debate hinges on whether suspected terrorists or other insurgents can be treated more severely than captured members of an enemy army. There are concerns such a distinction could fly in the face of a law enacted last year, pressed by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that explicitly banned cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners by U.S. troops.

The part that no one will talk about:

Rumsfeld did not say whether there would be one uniform standard.

But he said the manual, which will guide troops on the handling of detainees, "will comply with U.S. law."