Seriously what is going on, first the pentagon decides to start following the law and has started to officially give all detainees Article 3 rights. You know you live in a crazy world when the big news of the day is that the government has started to follow the law.

The Bush administration called Tuesday for Congress to fix, rather than scrap, the system of military tribunals struck down by the Supreme Court last month, while the Pentagon pledged to treat detainees in accordance with the Geneva conventions as the court required.

But a key Republican senator warned that the administration was risking a “long, hot summer” if it pushed Congress to retain the tribunal system for the suspects now held at the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, instead of working to adapt traditional military courts to meet the demands of the war on terror.

The new Pentagon policy, outlined in a memo released Tuesday, and the proposal for modifying military tribunals, outlined in testimony before a Senate panel, represent the administration’s most detailed response to the Supreme Court ruling, which declared that the tribunals were illegal. The court ruling contradicted President George W. Bush’s assertion that terror suspects were not entitled to protections under the Geneva conventions.

And then (pinch me) they are dropping there (no-bid) contracts with Halliburton because of suspected overcharging and fraud.

The Army is discontinuing a controversial multibillion-dollar deal with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to provide logistical support to U.S. troops worldwide.

The decision comes after several years of attacks by critics who saw the contract as a symbol of politically connected corporations profiteering on the Iraq war.

Under the deal, Halliburton had exclusive rights to provide the military with a wide range of work that included keeping troops around the globe fed, sheltered and in communication with friends and family back home.

Government audits turned up more than $1 billion in questionable costs.

Whistle-blowers said the company charged $45 a case for sodas, double-billed on meals and allowed troops to bathe in contaminated water.

Halliburton officials have strenuously denied the allegations.

Army officials Tuesday defended the company’s performance but acknowledged that reliance on a single contractor left the government vulnerable.

The Pentagon’s new plan will split the work among three companies, to be chosen this fall, and a fourth firm will monitor their performance.

Halliburton will be eligible to bid on the work.

Seriously whats going on, next you are going to tell me that the pentagon is recommending a time-line for troop withdrawal, and that the supreme court thinks George Bush broke the law with his treatment of detainees in Cuba.

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