” ‘At no time did the United States agree to inhumane acts or torture,’ [Secretary of State Condoleezza] Rice said in a public portion of her presentation to the NATO foreign ministers [on December 8, 2005]. ‘Even if terrorists are not covered by the Geneva Conventions, they have still applied the principles governing those Geneva Conventions,’ she said.”
– Richard Bernstein, “Rice’s Visit: Official Praise, Public Doubts,” The New York Times, Dec. 11, 2005