by George Washington’s Blog The War Crimes Act of 1996, a federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2441, makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national, whether military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment. The statute applies not only to those who carry [...]
By William Pfaff The documents currently being released by the Justice Department that demonstrate the Bush administration’s view of the president’s constitutional power in a “state of war” tell us things we suspected but didn’t want to know. The first seven of these official memorandums issued last week dealt with claimed presidential powers to unilaterally [...]
An ex-UN prosecutor has said that following the issuance of an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, former US President George W. Bush could — and should — be next on the International Criminal Court’s list. The former prosecutor’s assessment was echoed in some respect by United Nations More..General Assembly chief Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann [...]
142 Organizations Agree With Leading Senators and Congress Members by David Swanson Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. [...]
Propelling prisoners’ heads into concrete walls by means of towels wrapped around their necks, savage beatings with fists and rifles that left prisoners crippled, hanging prisoners by the arms with their arms strung up behind them, depriving prisoners of sleep for weeks on end, which has been thought the worst torture possible for 500 years, [...]
U.S. Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship Staff Sgt. Alejandro Campos, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, became a citizen after joining the Army. Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in [...]
By Leonard Downie Jr. Sunday, December 21, 2008; B01 The death last week of W. Mark Felt — Bob Woodward‘s secret source, indelibly dubbed “Deep Throat,” who played such a crucial role in this newspaper’s Watergate reporting — coincided with the appearance of Richard M. Nixon, as played by Frank Langella, on local movie screens. [...]
