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Leonard Rubenstein, director of Physicians for Human Rights, said the executive order was inadequate. "What is needed now is repudiation of brutal and cruel interrogation methods. General statements like this are inadequate, particularly after years of evidence that torture was authorized at the highest levels and utilized by U.S. forces," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_terrorism
Marty Lederman @ Balkinization: The President has finally signed the Executive Order purportedly construing Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, as required by the Military Commissions Act (MCA). It is, in a word, worthless. Last month I surmised that the E.O. would be "very cryptic and uninformative, and that the public will not learn of what techniques our government is using and deeming not to be 'cruel treatment and torture.'"
Bingo....
http://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/07/cia-interrogation-executive-order-well.html
