Rumsfeld In A Heap of Trouble Over Gitmo, U.N. Expert Says

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld could soon be in trouble for the role he played in human rights abuses committed in the Guantanamo prison, a United Nations expert said Wednesday.

"In a year or two, his responsibilities will be established. Wherever he goes, he will face difficulties," Leandro Despouy, who is Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, told journalists in Geneva.

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Despouy said the "strong resistance" put forward by the former US administration to current US president Barack Obama's decision to close the detention centre has nothing to do with the officially cited reason of "national security" considerations.

Rather they are fearful that they may be taken to task once the detention centre is closed, said Despouy.

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He may be subject to prosecution if he attempts to step foot outside of the United States.

He'll be able to go to any of the "Coalition of the Billing" without problems.

"Even in the case of Abu Ghraib, it shows step-by-step how directions given by Rumsfeld that the harsh techniques he adopted for Guantánamo be imported to Iraq, specifically for use on high-value detainees at the Abu Ghraib facility."

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I hope, I hope, I hope.