Wednesday, August 01, 2012

"Torture Memos" Turn 10: Demand Accountability

Demand U.S. Torturers be Held Accountable
1 August 2012 - Synopsis

Ten years have passed since Bush administration lawyers drafted the infamous"torture memos" that provided legal cover for U.S. officials to torture individuals in U.S. detention. No senior government officials have ever been held accountable for torture--despite the fact that it has been well-documented that in the years following the September 11, 2001 attacks, high-level U.S. officials committed, ordered, directed, authorized, condoned, planned and otherwise aided and abetted, or failed to prevent or punish, serious violations of international law, including torture. read more>>>

Watch Bush admit he authorized torture and say he would do it again in this televised interview on NBC:


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