New Calls For Bush War Criminals To Face Justice

[unhappycamper]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/New-Calls-For-Bush-War-Cri-by-Mick-Meaney-130309-315.html



New Calls For Bush War Criminals To Face Justice
By Mick Meaney
OpEdNews Op Eds 3/9/2013 at 19:07:47

A UN investigator has requested that the United States reveal its findings on the CIA's Bush-era programme of the rendition and secret detention of terrorism suspects, which has the potential to lead to high-level officials being prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

A US Senate select committee on intelligence investigated the CIA's secret detention and interrogation programme and examined use of highly controversial torture methods including waterboarding.

The panel is believed to have been given unrestricted access to classified information, and completed its review in December 2011.

~snip~

The Department of Justice has so far protected Bush era war criminals by refusing to prosecute any official "who acted in good faith and within the scope of legal guidance given by its Office of Legal Counsel", according to US Attorney General Eric Holder.

[ladjf]

1. Should happen but never will nt

[lunasun]

2. Hope UN puts the hammer on our weak DOJ even more

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. They have no hammer to use

[lunasun]

20. Keep hammering away at the issue like this

UN investigator who has recently requested that the United States reveal its findings on the CIA's part that is what I meant . Not let what happened "die" or comply with just" putting it behind us and moving forward"

Keep calling on a world platform for human rights and justice
" Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights, has urged the Senate to publish the report "without delay, and to the fullest extent possible". He also airs concern over the fact that there have been no prosecutions despite the "gross or systematic" violation of human rights. "

DOJ = Perpetuating impunity for the public officials implicated in these crimes.
"Any public officials who may have authorised or helped in setting up such facilities should be held accountable."
He also draws attention to the use of clandestine sites where suspects were taken for detention without any extradition procedures, charges laid or access to a lawyer: "There is now credible evidence to show that CIA 'black sites' were located on the territory of Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Thailand, and that the officials of at least 49 other States allowed their airspace or airports to be used for rendition flights."

Americans may turn their heads and move on or give up, but globally it can at least be still demanded.
It cant be just 'our little problem' when we outsource our torture!!

[duhneece]

29. I will not move on or give up on wanting to see justice

I want to see the Bush administration tried for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Holder is a complicit coward who spends his time busting providers of medicines to sick people

and protecting the worst criminals of DC and Wall Street.

[RC]

5. Maybe they should go after the Department of Justice for harboring War Criminals.

[RC]

14. The UN has just as much power to go after Cheney and Rumsfeld, as they do to anyone shielding them.

[on point]

6. Should also include the 'War of Aggression' that is the Iraq War, also a War crime

[Dryvinwhileblind]

7. Renditions, detentions, drone killings, no due process, etc..this is "acting" in good faith AND...

...within the "scope of legal guidance"..."given" by "it's" Office of Legal Council? Really? REALLY? OK class, WTF is wrong with THIS picture, what is the difference btwn that regime, and the current, regarding these issues, and what the hell has 5 years of "hope and change" brought Us to, besides being closer to the brink of.......pick one? By all means, prosecute those who ARE guilty, regardless of "party" affiliation, and see the PTB close ranks REGARDLESS of "party". The degree of which We are, have been, and will be hustled is more than most will be able to handle. Anonymous is right, this whole lop of shit needs brought to it's knees, a complete reset of, by, and for the Peoples' will is the only ultimate "solution", I'm afraid, and of course, it will be anything but "civil". Union Yes, CONfederacy, HELL NO!

[L0oniX]

11. Agent Mike agrees. n/t

[L0oniX]

8. Tisk tisk ...laws are for little people. n/t

[BlueManFan]

10. Lesson Learned about the Jury Process Here at du

no profanity, no "over the top" references. Just pablum. SO, here's one that should escape cesnorship.... Gosh it would be nice to see President Bush's war crimes punished. Bland enough???????????????????????????

[L0oniX]

13. George Carlin got the TS here on DU. n/t

[BlueManFan]

22. Thanks for the eyes wide open explanation of my "Over the top-ity"!!!!

But I'm Offended at Signature Drone Strikes, Keeping my Miserable Fucking job so I don't lose my increasingly expensive and shit health insurance because we don't have single payer; torture; bailing out wall street banksters while imprisoning more people than any other nation on earth; raids on medical pot and its users, the rampant corrpution in our bought and paid for politicicains; the bloated defense industrial complex, and on and on ad nauseum, ad infinitum,. All at the hands of our "Progressive President"?? Please spare me!!!! But express this fury with "over the top" language, and I'm the offensive one???? Really; really?

[L0oniX]

23. I see the jury system get used against things that others disagree with...

which is wrong. Rather than discuss it ...they alert on. Alert on yourself sometime and you will see some vote to leave it and others to hide it. The DU jury system is IMO an inconsistent net nanny blog nazi service ...but then this is a side issue. Over the top-ity is fine by me. I don't have virgin eyes or ears.

[BlueManFan]

26. I have to agree. The thing is I've been a fan here at du since the days of Bob Boudelang.

I finally signed up and started posting because I thought we were excusing and whitewashing Obama's rightward lurch too much. Sometimes a crack-whore inspired, (I once posted that congress should be honest and admit they will (perform fallatio) for a campaign contribution) reference sums things up. My last horrible post was that we were going to need lube because Obama, the world's worst negotiator, was going to, shall we say, not take care pf us when it comes to negotiations with the republicans.

[L0oniX]

27. excusing and whitewashing / good cop bad cop

Like Dems are immune from corporate money. Lock step condemned but ok when its Dem. Truth falls to the wayside over party. The site never was exclusively about the truth ...it just happens that there is more truth on this side than the other. Fortunately bull shit still gets shamed real quick here. No one is totally immune from ignorance but anyone can take on self examination and without that you get what you deserve intellectually.

BTW I still keep an archive link to Bob Boudelang ...for occasional laughs and reference.

[lunasun]

25. Yes it would be nice to see all President Bush's war criminals punished

[L0oniX]

28. It is nesseary ...to restore confidence in the rule of law ...or the law is a joke...

which it already is IMO. "too big to fail" Yea and the Mafia is also too big to fail.

[SCVDem]

16. Any sanctions against the US

would be blocked by the Security Council.

The United States deserves the same sanctions we impose on others for War Crimes and other Crimes against Humanity, like illegal detention, running a gulag in Cuba and repeated human rights violations which are evident when one looks at our prison system.

We ALLOW our prisoners to be raped and murdered in custody yet we decry any other nation doing so.

These and many more! We are not that shining beacon and any excuse that it could be worse is belied by our dropping standards in most every category frrom education, health care and infrastructure compared with the rest of the world.

We are failing and refuse to allow anything helpful to turn us around. We surely can't do it with the congress we now have.

We need to open the windows and let the sun shine in!

[Octafish]

18. Former mayor of Detroit just got 20 years for being a crook.

The media here are going wild about it.

[font size="5"][font color="red"]Meanwhile, nary a peep about the warmonger Bush.[/font color][/font size]

Oh. NPR did do a one hour special today about the 10 year anniversary about the invasion of Iraq and all the good work the soldiers did to bring democracy to the land ruled by the dictator the CIA installed to overthrow the democracy that had been there.

[just1voice]

19. The calls for justice will never end, war crimes don't just go away

as the Obama administration has told us they do when they tell us that prosecution is off the table and to look forwards not backwards. All prosecutions of crimes are always a look backwards as that is when the crimes occurred so being told to not look backwards regarding crimes is illogical at best and criminal at worst.

The longer the U.S. puts off dealing with the massive numbers of war crimes and conspiracies to commit war the worse off the entire U.S. becomes as our citizens feel betrayed and we all lose all trust in every branch of the government.

[indepat]

21. Trust me on this one: all of junior's emissaries always acted only in good faith by

faithfully carrying out their master's wishes.