US asked to begin criminal investigation following Bush publication

"Amnesty International has urged a criminal investigation into the role of former US President George W Bush and other officials in the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" against detainees held in secret US custody.

In his memoirs, former President Bush has admitted to personal involvement in the authorisation of "water-boarding" and other techniques against detainees.

Claudio Cordone, Senior Director at Amnesty International said: "Under international law, the former President's admission to having authorized acts that amount to torture are enough to trigger the USA's obligations to investigate his admissions and if substantiated, to prosecute him."

Cordone added: "His admissions also highlight once again the absence of accountability for the crimes under international law of torture and enforced disappearance committed by the USA."

In his memoirs, former President Bush focused on the cases of two detainees held in the secret programme.

Abu Zubaydah, who was held at various undisclosed locations from April 2002 to September 2006, was subjected to "water-boarding" in which water is used to begin the process of drowning, more than 80 times.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested on 1 March 2003 in Pakistan and transferred to secret CIA custody.

That same month he was "water-boarded" 183 times, according to a report by the CIA Inspector General.

After three and a half years being held incommunicado in solitary confinement in secret locations, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was transferred to military custody in Guantánamo, where he and Abu Zubayhdah remain held without trial, along with more than 150 others.

Claudio Cordone said: "Under international law, anyone involved in torture must be brought to justice, and that does not exclude former President George W Bush. In the absence of a US investigation, other states must step in and carry out such an investigation themselves."

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Also see:

"Waterboarding is torture, Downing Street confirmsNo 10 dismisses George Bush's claim in his memoirs that interrogation technique is legal and helped foil attacks on Heathrow and Canary Wharf"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/09/george-bush-memoirs-waterboarding

Like any reprieve or lack of torture is ever used on captured us citizens or military so what if interrogation methods are used they do worse to the us captures

Just like in the duplicate, "Burn Bush" thread, the only one who can give the go ahead on it is oBlowme and it ain't gonna' happen.
Don't matter how much Libs beg him.

BTW.

Why are there two threads on the same topic????

No, this is a breaking story because Amnesty International called for it's head and also #10 said Bush lied our his arse off in his new work of fiction...but really sorry if they're in the way of the hate Islam threads.

Oxymoron. You can't say someone lied in a work of fiction.

Never gonna happen. Move on.

Bush should get a medal for water boarding terrorist.I keep hoping some documents will pop up showing he tortured them with some good old fashioned machinery like the iron maiden,the rack,thumb screws,hot coals,and others.


Every country should have a dungeon for terrorist with good old fashioned torture equipment.This water boarding stuff is weak!Give me some stories of eye balls popping out,or someone flogged to death,or some ones head squished in a vise.

I am not a huge fan of president bush. hell, im canadian. but i do live in the US, and although i'm a very open minded and accepting person, if someone has actually brought death upon thousands or attacked innocent people because they just don't like them, they deserve whatever is given to them. President Bush won't suffer any consequences, and he shouldn't. he may have made some huge mistakes, but it wasn't entirely his fault, and i do think he was trying to act with good intentions. I suppose i have a warped view on things. i wish death upon those that hurt others. child molesters, rapists, murderers, terrorists, intolerant racist, homophobe, prejudice bastards all need to go away. so i suppose i support hate groups that hate hate groups. i dunno, i just wish people could accept people's differences.

I often find it interesting that these arrest Bush hippies never look at "cause and effect".Why is the country being bombed and civilians being blow up to begin with.It is being bombed because...

1.)Bin laden declared a deceleration of war by attacking us.
2.)Refuses to wear uniforms which only increases civilian casualties.
3.)Uses civilians to hide behind when they attack.
4.)Refuses to surrender which would stop the bombs and civilian casualties.

We never asked for this War and we will stop it as soon as they surrender.Every innocent that is killed is dead because of what Bin laden did and continues to do.If anyone should be charged with War crimes it is him because he is the person who started this whole mess and continues to keep it going.

You would think that with all the evidence that exists pertaining to Bush planning and carrying out 9-11 that would be a slamdunk case.

Why bother with trivial issues like waterboarding when you can have him charged to conspiring to kill 3000 americans on 9-11?

Get your priorities straight, man.

Hmmmm good point

I'm just trying to keep my left wing friends focused on one crimes against humanity trial at a time..

Bush did what he had too, I see nothing wrong with harassing those hell bent on killing westerners.

when it comes to extremist that get captured i turn my head,do what you wish to them

You folks make me ashamed to be an american. Lets face it this country is rotten to its core. I am begining to think most of you deserve what the republicans are going to give you.

At least they don't pull fingernails one by one uses electricution techniques.......makes small incision cuts till they bleed to death pull them behind vehicles deprive them of water to die slow dehydrations deaths like the "enemies" have done to Americans........place bomb jackets on them and make them say whatever they want them to then kill them in slow torturous ways.......it could be worse and information gained by the enemy is done in horrendous ways ....but the US has to abide bt rules f that......the US is nice during interrogation in comparison

Sadly Bush will never be charged in this country. Internationally will be the only way it will happen and they may be able to get him declared guilty but they will not come here to get him so he will be like Roman Polanske in reverse.

We as Americans should act as we expect all to act. Torture should not be performed by us ever.

So, go arrest him and bring charges.
Why ya'll want everyone else to do what you aren't willing 2 do yourself.

Amnesty International has no credibility. They attack those who are
trying to defend themselves from terrorist attacks. There is a big
difference between a bus bombing or attempted bombing of Times Square
and aggressive interrogation. If we are to effectively prevent additional
killing of our civilians with 911 style attacks then aggressive
interrogation should be used perhaps even waterboarding in some instances.
You don't want to go after U.S. officials for permitting waterboarding
of Al-Qaeda principals. Go after the terrorists instead.

It is like a community watch group when a group of thugs are killing people in plain sight and the community watch officer is ignoring them but arrests one of the victims for unauthorized use of a water hose in self-defense.

Personally I think Osama Bin Laden and his generals should be tortured until their screams are heard around the world for their crimes upon others.....screw the Geneva Convention