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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

In the USA and around the world, an increasing cry to prosecute BushCo and underlings with war crimes



Personal Message:
Bush Admin plays CYA - to protect the guilty, including themselves. (CYA= cover your ass)

What do you do when you have committed crimes and are threatened with charges? It is simple - pass laws making the guilty unaccountable for their crimes.
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War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution

By R. Jeffrey Smith

The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners, according to U.S. officials and a copy of the amendments.

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1 Comments:

  • At Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:29:00 PM , Blogger Ingrid said...

    I saw it earlier too and I thought, good grief, how obvious can you be! Meanwhile, people are wondering how Springer is going to dance and who the heck Tucker Wilson is...
    (which I think some of my blogger friends are hoping to elicit a few spoof posts from..dance Tucker DANCE!...why could they not give us Anderson Cooper instead, so much prettier to look at..sigh..sorry, I digressed. It's hot and my brain is slowly frying and shortcircuiting...changing laws for your own convenience..who heard of such a thing..
    tss
    Ingrid

     

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