Salon.com Senate will advance torture commission Is there a lot America doesn’t know about Bush torture policies? There is, says Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. “This is going to be big.” By Mark Benjamin AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on Capitol Hill in September. Feb. 24,…
afterdowningstreet.org War Criminals, Including Their Lawyers, Must Be Prosecuted By Marjorie Cohn Since he took office, President Obama has instituted many changes that break with the policies of the Bush administration. The new president has ordered that no government agency will be allowed to torture, that the U.S. prison at Guantanamo will be shuttered, and…
therawstory David Edwards Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman talked to Luce Guillen-Givins who is one of the first people ever to be charged under the 2002 Minnesota version of the federal PATRIOT Act. Guillen-Givins and 7 other members of the group RNC Welcoming Committee — also known as the “RNC 8” — were formally charged with…
The Japan Times Rumsfeld prosecution could set precedent By CESAR CHELALA NEW YORK — There is now enough evidence to try former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes, Manfred Nowak, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, recently told “Frontal 21,” a German television program. Nowak’s statement confirms what human rights and legal organizations…
