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UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes
rawstory.com - 1/27/2009
UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes
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Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told CNN's Rick Sanchez that the US has an "obligation" to investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, adding that he believes that there is already enough evidence to prosecute former Secretary ...
google.com - 1/20/2009
AFP: Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN rapporteur
— google.com — 22 hours ago BERLIN (AFP) 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. "Judicially speaking, the ... (more) AFP: Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN ...

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harpers.org - 1/21/2009
SCOTT HORTON—UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal proceedings against Bush and Rumsfeld now
— harpers.org — 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, ... (more) SCOTT HORTON—UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal ...

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rawstory.com - 1/23/2009
Official: UN may prosecute Bush administration, regardless of US action
— rawstory.com — 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. "Judicially speaking, the United States has a clear ... (more) Official: UN may prosecute Bush administration, ...

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UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.' So, there we have the clear evidence that Mr. Rumsfeld knew what he was doing but, nevertheless, he ordered torture." Asked during an interview with Germany's ZDF television on Jan. 20, Nowak said: "I think the evidence is on the table." At issue, however, is whether "American law will recognize these forms of torture." Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/UN_official_Enough_eviden...

UN Official: Enough Evidence to Prosecute Rumsfeld
BlondeSense — Raw Story: Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told CNN's Rick Sanchez that the US has an "obligation" to investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, adding that he believes that there is already enough evidence to prosecute former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "We have clear evidence," he said. "In our report that we sent to the United Nations, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the ...

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