Scott Horton interviews Scott Horton 1 / 4 (jan09)

The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer and contributing editor at Harpers magazine, discusses the possibility of war crimes trials for the Bush administration, Sen. Cornyns attempted obstruction of Attorney General nominee Eric Holder on the basis of the threat of prosecution for former administration members, the appointment of Hortons former colleagues from the Balkinization blog to the Office of Legal Council and other high level Justice Department positions, the possibility of prosecutions by foreign courts under universal jurisdiction, the newly-stated willingness of House Speaker Pelosi to pursue investigations into the torture programs, the future of the Guantanamo detainees and ghost prisoners, and the inadmissibility of statements obtained through torture.

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News & Politics

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• scott horton
• torture
• guantanamo bay
• Obama
• war crimes
• Bush
• cheney
• antiwarradio

[walawdog2]

Yeah, good luck with that war crimes stuff. You people are out of your minds.

[suereed]

Scott Horton best blogger on the net.

Essential listening for anyone interested in the war stories that conventional media ignores.

Best wishes for the new show from LA.