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Date: 2006-09-19 07:36 pm (UTC)Bullshit.
First, it's the Geneva Conventions, plural. While the Third Convention is the one that's getting most of the attention, the Fourth Convention covers people other than traditional prisoners of war. It specifically mentions the treatment of spies, saboteurs, and other un-uniformed hostiles, and does make some exceptions for them. (Spies, for example, forfeit some of their rights of communication.) It does say, however (article 5) that "In each case, such persons shall nevertheless be treated with humanity and, in case of trial, shall not be deprived of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed by the present Convention."