Conyers Again Seeks Bush Prosecutor

Consortium News by Jason Leopold | Apr. 6, 2009 (News Report)

The new version of Conyers’s report adds more details about the alleged crimes of the Bush administration and cites international laws against torture that require the U.S. to immediately launch a wide-ranging probe to determine whether torture laws were broken

“The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment (Torture Convention), ratified by the United States in 1994, appears to require the United ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 6, 2009

The story of the Obama administration dodging his campaign pledge to appoint a special prosecutor suggests too large a deference to presidential wishes.

International law and US moral standing in the world requires prosecution of those who tortured.

Leahy has said he is against a criminal inquiry because it could take years, but Conyers indicated that a public inquiry and a criminal probe could go forward simultaneously.

“While I understand there is a powerful desire to simply move on and focus on the many large issues facing us, we simply cannot sweep these matters under the rug of history without addressing them head on,” Conyers said.

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