Law professor says Bush may have ordered torture
March 10th, 2007
George Washington University law professor Johnathan Turley told Associated Press that the President likely knew about, and may have ordered the torture of the “high profile” Guantanamo prisoners. Duh! But it is important that the AP is willing to openly report law experts stating the obvious.
Turley talks of the damage to US image if it was found out that the US ran a torture facility. Of course, the damage was done years ago when the entire world, sans those inside the borders of the United States, realized that the US ran torture facilities in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, plus its many other sites. As usual, only Americans pretend that there is serious doubt that the US government is systematically torturing people.
The real issue is understanding the nature of denial. The reality has been known for some time.
Entry Filed under: Guantanamo, International Law, Law, Rights and Liberties, Torture, War Crimes
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