On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Chris Gehlker wrote: > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > >> >> http://rawstory.com/news/2008/UN_official_Enough_evidence_to_prosecute_0126.html >> >> Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred >> Nowak told CNN's Rick Sanchez that the US has an "obligation" to >> investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, >> adding that he believes that there is already enough evidence to >> prosecute former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. >> >> "We have clear evidence," he said. "In our report that we sent to >> the United Nations, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary >> Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told >> at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. >> Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.' >> So, there we have the clear evidence that Mr. Rumsfeld knew what he >> was doing but, nevertheless, he ordered torture." > > I'm confused. Why investigate something that is not in dispute. > Apparently the UN and the US senate agree on what Rumsfeld did. What > is there to investigate?
Yeah, Jonathan Turley, once again last night on Olbermann, said it's not a question of whether war crimes have been committed, it's a question of whether Obama is going to prosecute or be an accessory. K > > > - > God must have loved the people in power, for he made them so much > like their own image of him. > -Kenneth Patchen > > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
