But the agreement explicitly gives the president "the authority for the United States to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions."

This is an utterly collossal fuck up. Bush and Cheney have already demonstrated they are not to be trusted with the keys to the damn bathroom, much less with how the Geneva Conventions are applied.

The CIA has been torturing prisoners and W approved it. That's called a war crime.

CNN.com - Deal on detainee treatment quells GOP revolt - Sep 21, 2006