Obama Blocks US Torture Probe.

[indimuse]

Run time: 02:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1l36N0Hspk   Posted on YouTube: February 03, 2011 By YouTube Member: leakspinner Views on YouTube: 32   Posted on DU: February 03, 2011 By DU Member: indimuse Views on DU: 4037

 
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2010-12-01 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Madrid SPAIN: PROSECUTOR WEIGHS GTMO CRIMINAL CASE VS. FORMER USG OFFICIALS http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/04/09M...

2010-12-01 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Madrid SPAIN: ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOMMENDS COURT NOT PURSUE GTMO CRIMINAL CASE VS. FORMER USG OFFICIALS http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/04/09M...

One of the just released cables obtained by WikiLeaks sent from the US Embassy in Madrid to the State Department details how in its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies that governed interrogations of detained terrorist suspects. The document says the Obama administration, working with Republicans, leaned on Spain to derail this potential prosecution.


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[indimuse]

1. We must do the right thing!

These people are WAR CRIMINALS...and MORE!

[indimuse]

2. Let the TRUTH be heard!

!!

[truth2power]

3. All athose people, Bybee, Yoo, Feith etc. are monsters. ...

Obama protects them. What does that make him? I will never vote for him.

[swilton]

4. "Prosecutions would not be understood in the United States'

good ole US of Ignorance.

[alllyingwhores]

5. GOOOOOOBAMA!

The Obama Doctrine clearly states that the administration will not prosecute criminal activity that takes place in the past.

[20score]

19. +1,000

[pdsimdars]

41. not quite right

They won't prosecute people of wealth or power.

[pdsimdars]

42. Bankster Fraud also gets a pass

They also get away with their crimes . . . . the rich and powerful . . . get out of jail free.

[democrank]

6. Disgraceful

as is our habit of looking the other way just to "win." I`ll never vote for Obama again.

[youmayberight]

7. Obama's actions make him complicit in torture

When Ronald Reagan signed the Convention Against Torture, which was later ratified by the Senate, he said: "The core provisions of the Convention establish a regime for international cooperation in the criminal prosecution of torturers relying on so-called 'universal jurisdiction.' Each State Party is required either to prosecute torturers who are found in its territory or to extradite them to other countries for prosecution."

Article 12 of the Convention Against Torture reads: "Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation, wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been committed in any territory under its jurisdiction."

By his actions, President Obama is complicit in the underlying crimes. Maybe he will have to limit his travels abroad, as these six and others have been forced to do.

[ThomCat]

20. +1

This was said at the time, and was shouted down by people who said that it didn't apply, and Obama had a strategy and knew what he was doing, etc.

Well, the torture has continued, and now we are torturing an American. Obama has claimed the right to Assassinate even American Citizens anywhere in the world, even without the US, that means without a trial, if there are merely accused of being involved in Terrorist Activities. That goes totally against the whole idea of restoring the rule of law. We have reports that Torture still remained routine in Iraq and Afghanistan as of not too long ago, and also turning people over to local forces to be tortured.

And, yes, we still haven't done anything to prosecute the past instances of authorizing and promoting torture, even though Bush and Cheney admitted it on national Television.

Obama's administration is very much in violation of this Convention. They were then, and still are now. I wonder when we are going to start seeing what that supposed Chess Strategy is. :(

[Phlem]

8. I wonder what the "Everything's just fine" crowd

could possibly say about this.

I's obvious the emperor has no clothes but we've got some pretty imaginative people on this site.

Mr. President, disappointment doesn't even come close to what I think of your administration.

-p

[spooked911]

28. yes, but it's not exactly news that Obama was never interested in going after the Bush war criminals

That was clear from the beginning. But yes, this is disgusting and shameful.

[OnyxCollie]

34. Yeah.

Not one "ignored" in this whole thread.

No little blue links to White House press releases. Nothing.

I wonder why?

[Marblehead]

9. this is wrong

[Plucketeer]

10. Torturers get a pass,

tax-evading SCOTUS members get a pass, fraud-perpetrating contractors get a pass, Wall St thieves get a pass (and a bonus to boot!) ..... But we've got plenty of jail space for pot smokers! Yes indeedy!

[Swede Atlanta]

11. Obama is no friend of the people..........

He is better than the ilks of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bachman, Delay, etc. but at the core of it he loves power.

People in power love to exercise their ability to dominate, abuse and humiliate those that are subservient to them. So of course Obama thinks torture is grand. Despite his protestations and public proclamations that we don't torture, we know that torture and extraordinary renditions have continued on his watch.

Obama is no Christian, at least not a follower of the Christ of the Bible when he condones torture and discrimination (defense of DOMA).

He is the lesser of the evils but what a choice to make....

[russspeakeasy]

12. I don't forgive and I don't forget.

[rhett o rick]

13. This is a class war. The Ruling Class wont investigate themselves. nm

[Coleen Rowley]

14. Demonstration supporting Julian Assange and Wikileaks on Feb 7

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[20score]

18. Thank you.

On edit:

You may already know this, but just in case...

If you post this information in the General Discussion forum, it will get far better exposure.

[midnight]

15. Obama's justice dept? Or Bush's left behind justice dept.?

[OnyxCollie]

35. It's his DoJ now. nt

[midnight]

16. K&R

[grahamhgreen]

17. Kick

[Shining Jack]

21. K&R

I was deeply disappointed but now he makes me sick. :(

[pam4water]

22. Well some torture probes. Not the hot metals ones, but the investigations. Thank you I'm here all

week! Remember to tip you host and try the vegan veal XD o_O

[tavalon]

23. This is not what I voted for

[ScottLand]

24. This (still) pisses me off more than anything I've ever heard.

I can't see supporting Obama at this point.

[Citizen Worker]

25. All together now, we are a nation of laws not men.

[Honeycombe8]

26. Hogwash. The Spanish AG said it was not going to allow the prosecution...

because it was fraudulent and political. That says it all.

[spooked911]

27. no it isn't hogwash

The AG bowed to pressure. This is reprehensible.

Old news though.

[Disintermedia8]

30. Your argument is quite convincing

the wisdom that spawned it must be inspirational.

[decidedlyso]

36. Lol

[Hubert Flottz]

29. K&R

Same as the old Boss!

[Enthusiast]

31. So what is the motive

for the Obama Administration protecting the Bush Administration?

Why, after all the horrible rhetoric directed toward Obama, would Obama do this? I mean, these are real crimes by the Bush Administration. Not enforcing the law serves to make torture acceptable. This is dereliction of duty.

[indimuse]

32. because there IS NO DIFFERENCE!!!

It's a game! Our president does NOT hold the power most people think he does...well at least I'm learning this as the research deepens.

[decidedlyso]

33. I'm glad even the most die-hard are finally understanding what

many of us have known a long time.

[floriduck]

37. David Addington was the most openly defiant

of them all during his Congressional Oversight testimony. He should have been investigated just out of principle.

As for Holder's decision not to pursue it, I am sure that was Obama's first question to him when he was considering him for AG. Had he done anything about it, Obama would either have selected someone else or respectfully instructed Holder to let it go.

[Jefferson23]

38. David Addington, one of the most arrogant bastards giving legal counsel

for Bush. Obama has made a mistake of enormous proportions looking forward.

[bvar22]

39. Anyone remember THIS Obama?

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-15-2010/respect-my-authoritah


"By their works, you will know them."

[Ticonderoga]

40. Obama the Co-conspirator

SUCKS!