Holder's Torture-Probe Plan Faulted

Civil liberties advocates are criticizing an expected decision by Attorney General Eric Holder to limit a criminal probe of the Bush administration’s torture practices to CIA interrogators who exceeded Justice Department guidelines. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 10, 2009 - 10:14 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 10, 2009

Leppold tracks the developing story and questions whether the Obama administration will enforce the US laws and international laws against torture, or make a pretense of it.

Bush Cheney and co-conspirators committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, and US law and international law requires they be prosecuted.

such an investigation would fail to consider the possible violation of laws by high-ranking officials and lawyers who, through legal advice or otherwise, may have ... More »

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