Did Bush officials commit war crimes? Maybe, but trials aren't likely
Emboldened by a Democratic win of the White House, civil libertarians and human rights groups want the incoming Obama administration to investigate whether the Bush administration committed war crimes. They don't just want low-level CIA interrogators, either. They want President George W. Bush on down. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Failure to hold these criminals accountable will send a clear message that the constitution, international laws, and domestic laws can be ignored with impunity. That lesson appears not to have been learned from the Nixon pardons and from the failure to prosecute Iran-contra, which led directly into the fiasco of fools and criminals that made up the Bush administration. I want the people to demand accountability, and not submit to mamby-pamby excuses of one politician. Another lesson from Bush is that one man as president should not be allowed to dictate the course of an independent legislature, nor an independent judiciary.