This is a hyperbolic headline, but it’s totally worth looking at. A while ago, a United Nations official was quoted as saying that good old former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld was a war criminal because he knowingly authorized torture.
Now, since this has clearly not proceeded at all it seems like this was a bit grandiose, but I want to bring this to your attention:
"We have clear evidence," he said. "In our report that we sent to the United Nations, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.' So, there we have the clear evidence that Mr. Rumsfeld knew what he was doing but, nevertheless, he ordered torture."
Those are the words of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak, and they are rather striking. It makes me wonder what this information is that they have and why it has not been acted upon.
The evidence is apparently based on documents signed by President Bush and reports from other Department of Justice lawyers. But clearly this will not at all proceed. The likelihood of a senior US government official being put on trial is precisely nil.
But it would make for an interesting trial.
[Source: Raw Story]
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