SkydiveJonathan 0 #1 September 3, 2012 http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/03-0 The Obama administration’s decision to allow the lawbreakers to go free is itself a violation of the law. The Constitution says that the president “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” When the United States ratified the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, we promised to extradite or prosecute those who commit, or are complicit in the commission, of torture. The Geneva Conventions also mandate that we prosecute or extradite those who commit, or are complicit in the commission of, torture. There are two federal criminal statutes for torture prosecutions—the U.S. Torture Statute and the War Crimes Act; the latter punishes torture as a war crime. The Torture Convention is unequivocal: nothing, including a state of war, can be invoked as a justification for torture. By letting American officials, lawyers and interrogators get away with torture – and indeed, murder – the United States sacrifices any right to scold or punish other countries for their human rights violations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfzombie 3 #2 September 4, 2012 that's the way i see it, bush did it, so obama is held accountable...pathetic! what a fucking joke that obama should be held accountable for a violation of law not punishing those that bush mandated to break the law. when i see bush tried for war crimes...something that was actually in the article...then i will advocate trying obama for not prosecuting those responsible. fucking pathetic, and the reason i can't stand election year, makes me sick to think that i swore an oath to uphold and defend the constitution, which i still adhere to, by the way...http://kitswv.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #3 September 4, 2012 Quotewhat a fucking joke that obama should be held accountable for a violation of law not punishing those that bush mandated to break the law No. Obama's job is to hold those people accountable and he hasn't done it. Which makes him accountable. Quit the spin. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJonathan 0 #4 September 8, 2012 Human Rights Watch has released a report suggesting that waterboarding, a form of torture that President George W. Bush's administration insisted was only practiced on three detainees, was more widespread than previously known. The report mostly focuses on the counterterrorism relationship between Moammar Qaddafi's Libya and the Bush administration, in particular the US's practice of handing over suspected terrorists to Libyan authorities to be tortured. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
