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The Sideshow —
From Scott Horton, "UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal proceedings against Bush and Rumsfeld now: In an interview on Tuesday evening with the German television program 'Frontal 21,' on channel ZDF, Professor Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Rapporteur responsible for torture, stated that with George W. Bush's head of state immunity now terminated, the new government of Barack Obama was obligated by international law to commence a criminal investigation into Bush's torture practices." ...
UN Attny: U.S. is Required to Bring Bush, Rumsfeld to Court for Torture Programs
The BRAD BLOG —
From Scott Horton at Harper's...
In an interview on Tuesday evening with the German television program “Frontal 21,” on channel ZDF Professor Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Rapporteur responsible for torture, stated that with ...
CNN's Rick Sanchez 'Making News' on Supposed Torture Case Against Rumsfeld?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Sanchez concluded his interview of Nowak by asking if torture charges could be brought up against other Bush administration officials: “One final question, sir: why [are] President Bush and Rumsfeld singled out? Why not Cheney? Why not Alberto Gonzalez?” The U.N. investigator denied singling out Bush, despite Sanchez’s earlier quote, which Harper’s magazine also had picked up on: ...
Prosecute or Perish
The BRAD BLOG —
... the robbery was in the past. You've got to look forward. I have every intention of abiding by the law in the future. So why prosecute me?" Second, looking forward does not mean handling current events at the expense of the rule of law. The point is to look far enough into the future to appreciate that the same people who brought us the last eight years of executive lawlessness could one day return to power...
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As noted by Scott Horton, citing remarks by "Professor Manfred Nowak, the United Nations ...
