salon.com - 2/16/2009
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(updated below - Update II - Update III) On Friday in Salon , Joe Conason argued that there should be no criminal investigations of any kind for Bush officials "who authorized torture or other outrages in the 'war on terror'." Instead, Conason suggests that there be a presidential commission ...
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Conason: “Pardon the Torturers”
Firedoglake —
... As Glenn Greenwald notes this morning, Conason's argument rests on a disregard for treaties that the US has bound itself to as well as a distortion of the ...
Greenwald: U.S. Is Bound By Treaty to Prosecute Torture Crimes
Crooks and Liars —
Glenn Greenwald on why we're bound by law to prosecute torture cases. (Incidentally, he also points out that a new report states that Bush officials were informed that the legal memos submitted to justify torture were slanted to fit administration policy):
The U.S. really has bound itself to a treaty called the Convention Against Torture, signed by Ronald Reagan in 1988 and ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1994. When there are credible allegations that government officials have participated or been complicit in torture, that Convention ...
The U.S. Tortured. Now what?
Daily Kos —
... While it's not in vogue these days to recognize, much less follow, international law, the U.S. has binding treaty obligations--binding treaty obligations to pursue prosecutions. Glenn: ...
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