Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes
In a secret report last year, the Red Cross found evidence of the CIA using torture on prisoners that would make the Bush administration guilty of war crimes, The New York Times reported Friday.
The Red Cross determined the culpability of the Bush administration after interviewing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, according to the article.
Prisoner Abu Zubaydahwho said he had been waterboarded, "slammed against the walls" and confined in boxes "so small he said he had to double up his limbs in the fetal position.
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The information comes from a new book written by Jane Meyer, who has frequently published articles concerning counter-terrorism in The New Yorker.
The book is titled "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals," and will be released next week.
Mayer cited "sources familiar with the report" to explain the confidential document as a warning "that the abuse constituted war crimes, placing the highest officials in the U.S. government in jeopardy of being prosecuted.
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The report was submitted to CIA last year and concluded that American interrogation methods are "categorically" torture that violates both domestic and international law, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reported Friday.
Although the CIA had already admitted to the use of waterboarding, Meyer says in the book that several CIA officers confirm the findings of the Red Cross, including the other forms of torture mentioned.
Maddow called George W.
Bush a "torture-approver-in-chief who has yet to be held to account for anything" and said that congressman Dennis Kucinich had reintroduced his articles of impeachment against the president.
Maddow questioned constitutional law expert Johnathan Turley about the development.
"The problem for the bush admin is that they perfected plausible deniability techniques," Turley said. "They bring out one or two people that are willing to debate on cable shows whether waterboarding is torture and it leaves the impression that its a closed question.
"It's not. It's just like the domestic surveillance program that the federal court said just a week ago was also not just a closed question.
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When asked by Maddow if the chances are now greater that Bush will be prosecuted now or after leaving office by the international community, Turley compared the situation to Serbia in the early 90s.
"I'd never thought I would say this, but I think it might in fact be time for the United States to be held internationally to a tribunal. I never thought in my lifetime I would say that.
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Re: Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes
And they're not alone! This just in today and a lot more on the way in the next few weeks. He'll have to do a heck of a lot more than cite "executive priviledge" over and over again, like a broken record. This (and six other serious issues) will not be so simple to escape from. No president has the right to keep secrets from Congress! Only "dictators" can do that. Mark my words here, when certain records fall into the right hands, there's going to be fireworks here in the U.S.A. ~ and t doesn't look pretty for Bush!
The Ninth Scribe
Last edited by Ninth_Scribe; 07-17-2008 at 06:27 PM.
Re: Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes
The administration is never gonna be held accountable. This is the US. We are still in the delusion that we are the last superpower, that we are the heroes of the world and noone can ever challenge the "commander in chief of the free world" because to do so would be unpatriotic and against freedom and etc etc
I live in America, New York in fact and if you read the above paragraph and thought it was ridiculous then guess what... it's what goes through every "patriotic" american I have talked to here. This country is a sham of its former self and I am proud to say that I have not said the pledge of allegiance since I was in grade school.
Had the non-believer known of all the Mercy which is in the Hands of Allah, he would not lose hope of entering Paradise, and had the believer known of all the punishment which is present with Allah, he would not consider himself safe from the Hell-Fire http://www.muftimenk.co.za/Downloads.html
Re: Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes
format_quote Originally Posted by YusufNoor
if the American people EVER wake up, he'll have more than the Red Cross or United Nations to worry about!
They're waking up now. The cities are tearing themselves apart, people are trying to get their money out of the banks, and they're all tired from working 3 jobs just for the priviledge of keeping a roof over their heads. That's just slavery, only this time it's not based on race. It's based on class. Of course, to quote my favorite movie abut life in America (Dazed and Confused):
Before you head out to celebrate all this Forth of July brew-ha-ha, just remember what it is you're celebrating ~ the fact that a bunch of rich, aristocratic, slave-owning, white men... didn't want to pay their taxes!
The Ninth Scribe
Last edited by Ninth_Scribe; 07-18-2008 at 07:59 PM.
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