Reply #121: Did you even read the letter you are citing? Can you understand it? Let's look at the text: [View All]

[HamdenRice]

Putting aside the looney idea that a letter to the editor is an authoritative statement of the law, let's at least look at what he actually wrote:

"This duty includes at least an obligation to investigate the crimes to establish the facts and to report them to the competent authorities, if the superior does not have the power to sanction himself.”

Since every state has different legal processes, this line from one case uses the vague term, "investigate," not a duty to prosecute.

So why does the CIA's Inspector General investigation into torture not satisfy the duty to investigate torture?