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Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture

The new Attorney General just said that Bush officials authorized torture. A treaty signed in 1988 by Ronald Reagan compels the U.S. to prosecute those who authorize torture. What's the way out of that?

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  • Monday, January 19, 2009 02:33 PM

    here's that horse again

    ...the Geneva Conventions prohibits absolving people who commit war crimes. (Convention IV, Part IV, Section 1, Subsection III, Art. 148. “No High Contracting Party shall be allowed to absolve itself or any other High Contracting Party of any liability incurred by itself or by another High Contracting Party in respect of breaches referred to in the preceding Article”...

    http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/texts/BH241.txt

    do a search for "Art. 148", and "Art. 147" for the preceding article for the list of things you can not do

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