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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:45 PM Dec 2014

UN human rights expert: US legally obliged to prosecute senior Bush officials for torture crimes

U.N. human rights expert said a report that the U.S. Senate released on Tuesday revealed a “clear policy orchestrated at a high level within the Bush administration” and called for prosecution of U.S. officials who ordered crimes, including torture, against detainees.

Ben Emmerson, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, said senior Bush administration officials who planned and authorized crimes must be prosecuted, along with as CIA and other U.S. government officials who committed torture such as waterboarding.

“As a matter of international law, the U.S. is legally obliged to bring those responsible to justice,” Emmerson said in a statement issued in Geneva. “The U.S. Attorney General is under a legal duty to bring criminal charges against those responsible.”


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/un-human-rights-expert-us-legally-obliged-to-prosecute-senior-bush-officials-for-torture-crimes/

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UN human rights expert: US legally obliged to prosecute senior Bush officials for torture crimes (Original Post) kpete Dec 2014 OP
The problem is, it almost certainly extends beyond the Bush administration Scootaloo Dec 2014 #1
By not prosecuting those responsible, the United States is losing all credibility. [n/t] Maedhros Dec 2014 #2
K&R for more visibility. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #3
Not going to happen,the monied people Wellstone ruled Dec 2014 #4
That will happen shortly after the heat death of the universe. hifiguy Dec 2014 #5
Warning from the Surgeon General nichomachus Dec 2014 #6
Should have happened years ago. Won't happen though. Solly Mack Dec 2014 #7
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Not going to happen,the monied people
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:03 PM
Dec 2014

behind the CIA won't let that cat out of the bag. We are talking about a quiet take over of our nation by a single agency within our nation. Washington D.C. is a Military Industrial Complex run town and don't for a minute think companies like Boeing GE Haliburton and Z Corp are going to take any type of hit These folks had contracts with various agencies. Remember this statement from Ken Lay of Enron,we know more about what is going on in the world than any of our Politicians and Governmental Agencies.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
5. That will happen shortly after the heat death of the universe.
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:08 PM
Dec 2014

The people In The Club, the people who Own the Country and the Government, and I mean that literally, are not subject to the rule of law. They do as they wish to whomever they wish. There are never any consequences, save that they always come out richer than before.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
7. Should have happened years ago. Won't happen though.
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:41 PM
Dec 2014

America is going to pretend that knowing some of the facts - some that were available years ago - is enough punishment. It will be presented as showing how bad we feel and how we promise to never ever do it again....because we admitted to doing some bad things.

Of course, if it was another country doing this, America would be the first to say that it wasn't enough and that the guilty must be held accountable.

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