Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Torture Prosecutions Urged

ACLU's Top 10 Reasons To Appoint a Special Prosecutor

  1. Congress and the Agencies Have Failed in Holding Torture Perpetrators Accountable
  1. Further Delay in Criminal Investigations Could Put Some Crimes Outside the Statues of Limitations
  1. Military Prosecutors Have Not Gone Up the Chain of Command
  1. The Justice Department Has Failed to Bring Any Indictments Based on 20 CIA and DOD Referrals of Possible Crimes by Civilians
  1. The Justice Department Wrote the Legal Opinions Authorizing Torture
  1. The Past Head of the Criminal Division Reportedly Advised on Interrogation Practices, Possibly Including the Interrogation of Abu Zubaydah
  1. The Current Head of the Criminal Division Was in Meetings on Interrogations
  1. Attorney General Mukasey Still Refuses to Say Whether Waterboarding and Other Forms of Torture Are Illegal
  1. Attempts to Shield Government Officials from Criminal Prosecution Were Pursued by the White House, Including by the President and Vice President
  1. There Is Credible Evidence of Numerous Federal Crimes

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