I'm all for the congress defining and banning acts it doesn't want members of the military or secret services to do to unlawful combatants. Obviously unlawful combatancy will be a growing problem as the world "globalizes" and good laws on the conduct of such hostilities would be a help.
But it isn't this easy. This is awful.
It's called covering an ample ass while taking an undeserved bow. Our Senate, in a word, sucks.