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[Lt. General Randall M. Schmidt, Author of "Schmidt Report"] Okay, very quickly, let me clarify. The President's policy: "As a matter of policy the United States Armed Forces shall continue to treat detainees humanely,and to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of Geneva." [Senator John McCain] That is a legalistic statement and one that is ridden with loopholes. And it is clear to me that the interrogators did not understand that "humane treatment" might be in the eye of the beholder. [Narrator] In the field in Afghanistan ... there was a great deal of confusion about exactly what the rules were. [Spc. Glendale Walls, 519th Military Intelligence, Interrogated Dilawar at Bagram] They told us when dealing with the PUCs as they called them, the Persons Under U.S. Custody ... PUC = PERSON UNDER U.S. CUSTODY
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