http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions
http://www.genevaconventions.org/
A very large portion of these documents deals with who IS and who IS NOT covered by the Conventions.
Why?
If everyone is covered, why doesn't this treaty simply say, “every living human being on the face of this Earth is covered?”
The truth is, when you argue with an informed liberal, for any length of time, they end up saying something like, “Cheney and the neo-cons carved out exceptions—” Blah Blah Blay -—
They KNOW they do not have the law behind them, at least not yet.
They count on an activist judge or some international Court, even though their case, that their was any “crime” is very weak.
The issue isn’t the Geneva Conventions it’s the law passed by congress that the Republicans are hanging their hats on regarding the definition of torture. If the law is what the former WH and its lawyers claim then there will be some real problems for the Dems who voted for it and any case against them.