U.S. plays by own rules

Re: Rumsfeld Bars U.N. Visits With Detainees

The United States’ refusal to let human rights investigators from the United Nations meet with detainees at Guantanamo Bay is in keeping with a well-established U.S. policy: All nations other than the U.S. or its allies must fully comply with U.N.-authorized investigations.

Syrians don’t get the newspaper, do they?

SCOTT SANDERS

Long Beach