The Red Cross Don't Know Squat

...or so sayeth the Bush administration. Hat tip to The Agonist, who points out:

A Pentagon spokesman said Monday that Red Cross officials have ``made their view known'' that the indefinite detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amounts to torture.

Lawrence Di Rita, spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, said, ``It's their point of view,'' but it is not shared by the Bush administration.

Taken from the AP.

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NYT's - Red Cross Finds Detainee Abuse in Guantánamo and Military Panel Orders 17 More Detainees to Remain Held

Taking them at their word, it would seem that the second edition of Bush will not only not swerve towards a more open, moderate foreign policy, but will, in fact, tell unpatriotic, evil organizations like the Red Cross to go screw themselves.