Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees

[Caligirlvanessa]

No wonder Bush cancelled his trip to Switzerland coz the laws in existence over there would have allowed the swiss authorities to arrest anyone suspected of instigating torture. I wish they'll come after him now!

[bigge525]

It is as simple as this. In the United States, only civilians and the poor are held accountable to the law without bias or exceptions. Just look at the decisions of the 9 corporate kings of the U.S. on the Supreme Court during the last 15 years and their can be no doubt the law is only enforced without bias or exception on civilians and the poor. U.S. law is a sad, mean, privatized joke.

[yourtreat2]

Why can't she file charges with the International Court in the Hague?

Why is she onyl seeking to charge Bush in the US courts, when that is a loosing proposition from the start?

[ThisIsNotPictureTube]

i'm sure there is still torture going on, if not so much in the US, then the places around the world they ship them to. obama doesn't give a shit; he's part of the same club

[choobie12]

It's funny they still do torture, infact countless people are hostages being burned alive and having their fleshed cooked off their bone in some sadistic game a pseudofacist state deems necessary as it grows secretly in the darkness.

[phubans]

Not to get off topic, but that Andrea Prasow is kinda hot...

[TrickyEmu]

And in US politics, one hand washes the other. Clinton, Bush, Obama they have all tortured. The difference with Bush is that he was stupid enough to admit it. Do you think Obama is going to put Bush on trial for the same things he did?

Why do you think Gitmo is still open??

[TrickyEmu]

US won't be prosecuted because they are at the top. The winner always sets the rules and writes the history. DIsgusting.

[BabylonsKing]

These Bastards All Stick together through thick or thin. Nobody will ever get in Hot water over this water boarding case but the really BIG Issue is that these Low Life Cowards are responsible for an Inside Job on the WTC Towers and the death of Thousands perhaps Millions when it's all said and done with.

[Idtelos]

Is not the Obama Regime doing the same thing? I recall Obama saying something about "indefinite detention". All for a false sense of security and a emerging of a Police State.

[originaljonesdotinfo]

Torture won't be prosecuted, if for no other reason than it opens the door to prosecuting the far greater crime of war, in which many more officials of both parties are implicated.

[MustacheVerra]

An other nice diversion here. And nothing is gonna happen. You see, when ever the Obama is losing in popularity too much all the left needs to do is bring back the ghost of Bush. It's the good cop/bad cop game. The endless lesser if 2 evil game... You think Human rights could not do something like this? haha! You are very naive. I'm not saying everybody in human rights is corrupt but you'd very naive to think they cant be. The elite has a way with this...

[bammbamm12]

During the Viet Nam war we were shocked to find out what Hanoi was doing to our POW's. Now, we've become them. But it's OK, because we're in the right? Who doesn't think his side's right? The Nazis treated American prisoners better than we treat ours these days. Torture also puts the troops in danger because an enemy combatant is much less likely to surrender, and would prefer to go down shooting. Israel has a hand in all of this.

[StunnedByStupidity]

@thegeneraltheory So an Iraqi labeling an american as a 'terrorist' is in his right to torture him? Its against international law so that ALL people are protected. BTW you REALLY need to check the levels of people who were wrongly arrested,they DWARF the people who it is claimed really had anything to do with terrorism. If it was an innocent member of your family tortured? Its been pointed out OVER and OVER again people like you(nasty right wing bigots)are a danger to freedom,security and peace.

[newgtguy]

So there is no torture happening on Obama's watch? Give me a break. Republican, Democrat; same same...

[Louloe]

Saddam was hung!

Their going after Gahhdafi for what has now came out as lies!

So, where is the fair justice?

[Nexus2Eden]

Never Happen, we all know how criminal and corrupt the US Government is - not to mention incestuous. No American expects justice from these psychopaths. Seriously. They could rape children on the steps of congress and they'd all look the other way. I'm not sure they haven't. Truly pathetic - why have the American people lost faith...really? Isn't it obvious.

[tangent272]

FSRN?

[TheDenker64]

This must stop. Bush is guyilty as sin. He killed more than 4000 American people on 9/11. Bush is guilty of killing Iraqi people and American soldiers in Iraq.

Obama leads America to a junk state raising the dept ceiling. Obama didn't kill Osama. That was a little trick so Obama could blame Pakistan. And now Obama is also a lying murdering dictator, Obama don't give a shit about the American people, he is not even born in the US.

[MaGiKcItY187]

Lol bush has Obamas real birth certificate.... he has alot of power ...him n his father

[DJCW]

Bush is a coward!

[BubbaGump332]

@thegeneraltheory Ha ha, very funny

[rea1001]

Im surprised anyone even remembers that Bush is a War Criminal and cant even leave the US because every country just about has warrants for their arrest.

[landlogger]

War is torture!

[Redfingers]

There should have been criminal investigations from the beginning, and there SHOULD be criminal investigations in this country.

Instead, Obama closed all investigations, and the press turned a blind eye towards the practice.

[cheddyrod]

Will this administration pursue torture allegations that occurred during the Bush administration? No. This administration has continued to use Black Sites just like the previous one has.

[greens2655]

I THINK THAT WHEN THEIR FOUND GUILTY , A FITTING PUNISHMENT WOULD BE STRAPPING THEM INTO A 747 AND GIVE THEM WATER TOTURE AND CRASH THE PLANE INTO ISRAEL

[UNIVERSITYHI]

I hope John Yoo is sweating and never has a moments peace until he gets justice. Ironically, people seek his classes out at Berkeley because he is a "Constitutional expert."

[slonamu]

There is an arrest warrant for them in Switzerland already. It will be awesome if they are brought to justice here. It will really change the opinion of the world about US for good.