Saturday, January 24, 2009

Official: UN May Prosecute Bush Administration, Regardless Of US Action

By David Edwards

The UN's special torture rapporteur called on the US Tuesday to pursue former president George W. Bush and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture and bad treatment of Guantanamo prisoners.
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Following are items related to the theme above...

Sunset on GTMO...
here

Well, to respond to the following, Obama's tone toward torture & the rule of law is a huge start in the right direction..." but of course a lot more is UP to us!
Connie, blogger here..still this info & opinion is surely important part of the mix?

Obama's Orders Leave Framework of Torture, Indefinite Detention Intact

By Tom Eley

While the media is portraying these orders as a repudiation of the detention and interrogation policies of the Bush administration, they actually change little. They essentially represent a public relations effort to refurbish the image of the United States abroad after years of torture and extralegal detentions and shield high-ranking American officials from potential criminal prosecution.
here

Also, keep watching for more on this from the US National Lawyer's Guild President, Dr. Marjorie Cohn:
here
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2 comments:

  1. CNSaturday, January 24, 2009

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/ap_on_re_us/mystery_terrorist

    this is worrisome if true...

    yet interesting to note that MOST the GTMO detainees are not at all found to be guilty of the crime for which they were said to be detained..

    Also recidivism for US prisoners in 66% while for those detainees released from GTMO the rate is 1-2 % (CNN analyst)

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  2. CNSaturday, January 24, 2009

    Current News

    1/23, Benjamin Wittes, Andrew McCarthy, David Cole, Deborah Colson, & Glenn Sulmasy, New York Times, The Risks of Releasing Detainees

    1/23, United Press International, New Gitmo policies may not alter practices
    SEE OFTEN: Bill of Rights Defense Committee News

    http//www.bordc.org/news/

    1/23, Jonathan S. Landy, Miami Herald, Obama's orders start detainee policy overhaul

    1/23, Laura King, Los Angeles Times, Obama's Guantanamo decision having repercussions in Afghanistan, Pakistan

    1/23, Christian Ehret, Jurist, Intelligence director nominee stresses civil liberties in testimony

    1/23, Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press, UN exec picked for No. 2 at Homeland Security

    1/23, Xinhua News (China), Ban welcomes U.S. decision to close Guantanamo Bay detention center

    Find ALL at http://www.bordc.org

    Bill of Rights Defense Committee dot org

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