Author: Some in Congress calling for war crimes trials.. (we must encourage them)

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Author_Some_in_Congress_calling_for_0715.html


Nick Langewis and David Edwards
Published: Tuesday July 15, 2008



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The Bush administration's laxity towards torture of prisoners could expose its top officials to war crimes charges, said investigative journalist and New Yorker writer Jane Mayer to CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"I think that's more a political question than a legal question, really," Mayer said. "It's a question of whether there's a political appetite for this. There are Democrats on the Hill who are calling for these kinds of hearings and trials."

As Mayer wrote in her new book, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, officials that may find themselves under arrest should they visit certain European countries include President Bush, Vice President Cheney, his aide David Addington, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, for violations of the Geneva Conventions and American law.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Jane Mayer Is A Patriot

She was the one who broke the secret of the official outsourced torture program (started by Bill Clinton, for chrissakes!).

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. We need to know...

Just whom is calling for these trials and encourage them greatly.

After these clowns are gone, we need a Truth & Reconciliation Commission, and perhaps a general amnesty for people charged and in jail for relatively minor offenses.