Obama Admin: CIA Officials Won't Be Prosecuted For Waterboarding

Senior administration officials told The Associated Press that Attorney General Eric Holder will release a statement Thursday giving the first definitive assurance to the CIA officials that they are legally in the clear. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 16, 2009

Anonymous attribution of a horribly illegal administrative decision.

U.S. and international law requires prosecution for torture. If these people can successfully defend themselves, then they can be off the hook. The only reason to let them off the hook would be immunity if they would testify about higher-ups in the Bush administration. This announcement portends that Obama will fail to prosecute higher-ups also

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