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  | Translate: 翻译：               Obama, Bush & The War Crimes奥巴马，布什和战争罪行 Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 星期二， 08年11月25日
By通过 Ari Melber阿里Melber | Many Washington Republicans and Democrats agree on one maxim for President-elect Barack Obama: This is no time to look back at the past administration’s rocky record on executive power and the rule of law. |许多美国共和党人和民主党人达成一致意见的一个格言当选总统奥巴马：这是没有时间回顾过去政府的岩石记录对行政权力和法治。 Republicans caution against protracted, “partisan” investigations.共和党人对旷日持久的谨慎， “党派”的调查。 Democrats urge Obama to tackle pressing economic and foreign policy challenges — if that leaves an unusually powerful executive branch in place, so be it. Both camps are民主党奥巴马敦促解决紧迫的经济和外交政策的挑战-如果留下了非同一般的行政部门的地方，那就这样做吧。两个难民营 wrong 错误的 . 。 Obama must奥巴马必须 scrutinize and disassemble审查和汇编 the post-Sept.后的9月。 11 imperial presidency, even if he reduces his own power in the process. 11日帝国总统，即使他降低了自己的权力的过程中。 The Bush administration opened several lines of attack against the rule of law and the integrity of an independent Justice Department.布什政府开了线的攻击法治和完整性的一个独立的司法部。 The scandals are so famous that they’ve been reduced to shorthand: Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, NSA, Attorneygate.这些丑闻是如此著名，他们已经减少到速记：阿布格莱布监狱，监狱，国家安全局， Attorneygate 。 No matter what, these incidents will remain a blot on our nation’s history.不管如何，这些事件仍将是一个污点，我们国家的历史。 But we can achieve a measure of closure and justice by pursuing legal accountability for anyone involved who broke the law.但是，我们可以实现一定程度的关闭和正义的追求法律责任的任何涉及谁违反了法律。 The initiation of proper legal proceedings — both investigations and prosecutions — simply cannot depend on whether the accused are powerful.开展适当的法律程序-调查和起诉-根本不能取决于被告是否是强有力的。 The bipartisan immunity lobby, however, insists that route could divide the country.两党豁免游说，但是，坚持这条路线可以分裂国家。 The image of government officials going to jail, they say, is simply unthinkable.形象的政府官员去监狱，他们说，是根本不可想象的。 It is a remarkably unserious argument — as if our laws and Constitution are a distant second to the imagined trauma of watching politicos go to jail like any other lawbreaker.这是一个显着unserious的论点-因为如果我们的法律和宪法是一个遥远的第二次创伤的想象看政客去坐牢像任何其他坏人。 It is especially odd now, coming after several politicians have been prosecuted, defeated and imprisoned on corruption charges.这是现在特别是奇数之后，几个政客被起诉，打败监禁的腐败指控。 The immunity crowd has one more card to play.人群的免疫力有一个更多的牌可打。 Crimes committed on behalf of national security, they say, are different.犯下的罪行代表国家安全，他们说，是不同的。 On closer inspection, that claim also dissolves into an elitist pitch for the powerful.仔细检查，这种说法也溶解到球场精英的强大。 The fact is that there are US soldiers sitting in jail right now for what happened at Abu Ghraib.事实是，有美军士兵坐在监狱目前所发生在阿布格莱布监狱。 The question is not whether to prosecute those crimes; that process has already begun.问题不在于是否要起诉那些犯罪;这一进程已经开始。 The question is whether the Bush administration correctly prosecuted the people actually responsible for the conduct — or whether the entire episode was blamed on those low on the chain of command.现在的问题是布什政府是否正确起诉的实际负责人的行为-或者是否在整个事件被认为是那些低指挥链。 Likewise, the politicization of the Justice Department is already a live issue in court.同样的，政治的司法部已经是一个生活在法庭上的问题。 Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is currently fighting a civil suit alleging that he politicized the Justice Department.前司法部长阿尔韦托冈萨雷斯目前正在打一场民事诉讼，指控他政治司法部。 In fact, taxpayers are even footing the bill for his private lawyers.事实上，即使纳税人买单为他的私人律师。 (Up to $24,000 a month, under an arrangement with the Bush administration.) （最多二点四零万美元一个月，根据安排，布什政府） 。 The new administration, however, cannot afford to sit on the sidelines as private parties fight over Gonzales’ sins.新政府，但不能坐在场边的私人当事方的斗争冈萨雷斯的罪孽。 There is an overwhelming public interest in accountability for and a complete investigation into the US attorney firings, including, potentially, criminal penalties for any senior officials who broke the law.目前绝大多数公共利益的责任和一个完整的调查，美国联邦检察官解雇，包括潜在的，刑事处罚的任何高级官员谁违反了法律。 As Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, recently explained, Bush officials undermined the “credibility and effectiveness of the Justice Department” by politicizing their roles.正如参议员斯佩克特，前共和党司法委员会，最近解释说，布什政府官员破坏了“可信性和有效性，司法部”的政治角色。 Regardless of who won this election, any new inhabitant of the Justice Department would have to rebuild that credibility.无论谁赢得这次选举，任何新的居民，美国司法部将不得不重建的信誉。 It starts at home.它开始在家里。 After all, why should citizens have faith in the department’s new leaders if their first act is to join in the whitewashing abuse by their predecessors?毕竟，为什么要公民有信心在该部门的新领导人如果他们的第一个行动是加入粉饰虐待他们的前辈？ The New York Times recently captured this problem: “Because every president eventually leaves office, incoming chief executives have an incentive to quash investigations into their predecessor’s tenure.” 纽约时报最近抓获这个问题： “由于每位总统最终离任，新任首席执行官激励撤销调查其前任的任期。 ” This is one time, however, that the new president cannot afford to look like every other self-serving chief executive.这是一个时间，然而，新总统不能像其他自我服务的首席执行官。 Obama can show that America’s promise of equality not only means that anyone can reach the highest office in the land — it also means that everyone is equally subject to the law.奥巴马可以表明，美国的承诺，平等不仅意味着，任何人都可以达到的最高职位的土地-这也意味着每个人都同样受到法律。 Experts and leaders in both parties herald the work of the 9/11 Commission, which bored down into a period many would rather not relive.专家和领导在预示着双方的工作， 9 / 11委员会，该委员会钻孔成一个时期许多不想重温。 Now what we need is a Response to 9/11 Commission — a subpoena-powered investigation of the torture, rendition, detention and spying that was presented as an essential response to terrorism.现在我们需要的是一个响应9 / 11委员会-传票供电的调查酷刑，移交逃犯，拘留和间谍这是作为一个重要的应对恐怖主义。 Obama should also assign a special prosecutor to explore the related crimes and take necessary action, independent of the new attorney general’s agenda.奥巴马还应当指定一名特别检察官，探讨有关的罪行，并采取必要行动，独立的新的总检察长的议程。 Once the legal process is complete, of course, the president retains the right to commute or pardon convicted criminals.一旦法律程序完成后，当然，总统有权以通勤或赦免罪犯。 In some cases, there may be good reason to do so.在某些情况下，可能会有很好的理由这样做。 But under the rule of law, there is never a reason to immunize government officials in advance, removing the most critical check on the power they wield in our name.但是，在法治之下，有没有一个理由免疫政府官员，事先消除最关键的检查，他们的权力行使我们的名字。 The past eight years reveal the grave costs of that approach, and it is past time for a change.在过去八年中揭示了严重的成本的这种做法，这是过去的时间发生变化。 Have Your Say: Obama, Bush & The War Crimes 你说：奥巴马，布什和战争罪行 Please read our请仔细阅读我们的 posting guidelines before posting张贴在发布前的指导方针 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以讨论这份报告在这里 . 。 Related News 相关新闻
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