Tony Snow continues Republican lies

The Bush administration said Tuesday that all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in U.S. military custody everywhere are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said the policy, outlined in a new Defense Department memo, reflects the recent 5-3 Supreme Court decision blocking military tribunals set up by President Bush. That decision struck down the tribunals because they did not obey international law and had not been authorized by Congress.

The policy, described in a memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England reverses the administration's earlier insistence that the detainees are not prisoners of war and thus not subject to the Geneva protections.

"It's not really a reversal of policy," Snow asserted, calling the Supreme Court decision "complex.". Another lie.