Attorney Scott Horton on "Justice After Bush: Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration"

Democracy Now by Scott Horton, Amy Goodman, Matthew Alexander | Dec. 3, 2008 (Interview)

our discussion about torture and the introduction of torture, to date, has really focused on events that happened at Abu Ghraib, things that happened at Guantanamo, a prominent memorandum signed by the Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld, early on. But I understood instantly, when I heard his account about the pushback he got from the Department of Defense, why. And that’s because his account breaks extremely important new ground. It shows us that there is an ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Torture, Bush Administration, Law Enforcement, Law
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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 3, 2008

Horton's insight into the importance of Alexander's story of torture in Iraq indicates it is important in showing war crimes by Bush administration torture directives in Iraq. He calls for a presidential commission of inquiry.

these memoranda were written after the fact in an effort to protect people who had already engaged and implemented this policy. So this is a bombshell, in fact. More »

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