A U.S. delegation will be asked by a United Nations panel on Wednesday if it believes the international Convention Against Torture applies to actions conducted by U.S. personnel outside of the nation’s borders.

And nobody knows what the U.S. delegation is going to say.

Wednesday will mark the first U.S. appearance before the Committee Against Torture since the Obama Administration took office in 2008 and swore to put the abuses of the Bush White House’s post-9/11 torture program behind it. Despite its firm stance against the operation, though, lawmakers and advocates are concerned that Wednesday could see the Obama White House nudge open the door for such a program to happen again.

"Right now the Executive Branch is actually debating whether the ban on cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners applies to US facilities overseas or just inside the United States,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in a statement to The Huffington Post. “My view is the ban should apply everywhere, but clearly some people haven’t learned from the mistakes of the past decade.”

The program’s critics say this week’s meeting in Geneva presents an opportunity for the U.S. to mark a clear departure from the abuse and controversies of the Bush years.