Spanish Inquiry of Alleged Bush-Era War Crimes Begins
- “… from the U.S. government’s own documents and the public statements of its leaders, that there is prima facie evidence of the following crimes:
- Torture and the Conspiracy to Commit Torture
- War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
- Waging Aggressive War
- Illegal (Arbitrary) Detention
- (He) places varying degrees of responsibility on particular government officials including George W. Bush and Richard Cheney and dismisses as inapplicable to serious international crimes the relevant defenses available to them and their subordinates including the government lawyers who (he argues) have a special professional responsibility.”
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Bob Heberle
On Monday February 15 in Madrid, Judge Baltasar Garzon will convene an investigation of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity allegedly committed by U.S. government officials and others during the Bush administration.
The first witness called to testify will reportedly be American international human rights lawyer Dr. William F. Pepper. Dr. Pepper, who for twenty years convened the International Human Rights Seminar at Oxford University, stated that he was, “asked by the Court to file an Opinion and testify as an expert on the issue of jurisdiction of the Spanish Court with respect to the various crimes being alleged.” He may also testify as to his opinion on the validity, or invalidity, of the most likely defenses to be offered by defendants should criminal charges result, namely ‘Sovereign Immunity’ and ‘Superior Orders’ (more commonly known as ‘The Nuremberg Defense’).
Related:
Jonathan Turley on The Rachel Maddow Show: We're all complicit in Bush's war crimes if we ignore them, Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC
The moral burden of torture is on the backs of each one of us until these people are brought to justice. And it will be profoundly immoral to let them go.
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