Here is an interesting article in the LA Times regarding military lawyers. Apparently, when the Bush administration rewrote the rules on interrogating prisoners, they went to civilian lawyers and left the military lawyers out of the loop. The military lawyers complained that the Pentagon was creating "an atmosphere of legal ambiguity."

Some international law experts, as well as some Senate Democrats, said the loosened rules violated the Geneva Convention, which forbids soldiers to use physical force to obtain information from detainees.

But Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the rules had been examined and approved by lawyers for the administration.

Apparently, the military lawyers from the Army Judge Advocate General's office were not involved.