Umm, the Spanish AG does not have the last word on Bush 6 indictments.

[deminks]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/world/europe/17spain.html

PARIS — Spain’s attorney general on Thursday strongly criticized steps to open a criminal investigation in Madrid into allegations that six former Bush administration officials authorized the torture of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Cándido Conde-Pumpido, the attorney general, said at a breakfast meeting with journalists in Madrid that he would oppose any legal action in Spain because the proper forum would be an American court and that any investigation should focus on those who actually mistreated detainees.

But in Spain, the attorney general does not have the last word; an investigating judge decides whether a case will proceed. Lawyers familiar with the case said that the stage had now apparently been set for a struggle between judges and politicians.

(snip)

Gonzalo Boye, the lawyer for the human rights group that filed the complaint in March, dismissed the attorney general’s arguments as “legal nonsense.” He said that in Spain as in most countries, legal advisers can be held accountable for bending or breaking the law. It was not known when Judge Garzón would issue his decision on how he plans to proceed. Lawyers said the case could still be assigned to a different judge.

(end snip)

So, the Spanish AG is full of horse puckey?

[pscot]

1. It might be wise for Judge Garzon

to stay out of small airplanes while this matter is pending.

[deminks]

2. Kick for the sunshine.