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Donderdag, 15 Mei, 2008
Op 9 April, 2008, rapporteerde het Nieuws ABC dat Comité van de Hoofden van de Veiligheidsraad van Bush het Nationale Dozens top-secret besprekingen en vergaderingen bij het Witte Huis had om ondervragingsprocedures te herzien die door de CIA op verdachten moeten worden gebruikt al-Qaida. Condoleezza Rice zat de commissie voor, die Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Collin Powell, George Tenet en John Aschroft omvatte. Volgens ABC, bespraken de hoofden en keurden specifieke details van „verbeterde ondervragingstechnieken“ goed - „CIA-spreek“ en „Pentagonese“ voor marteling, met inbegrip van gezicht het slapping, het duwen, slaapontbering en de gesimuleerde verdrinkingstechniek die als „het waterboarding wordt bekend.“ Volgens een recent artikel door Dan Eggen van de Washington Post, verdedigde Bush beleid openbaar van de de hoofden het' marteling en besluiten die, „, begonnen wij om de punten te verbinden om de Amerikaanse mensen te beschermen goed zeggen. En, ja, ben ik bewust ons nationale veiligheidsteam op deze kwestie samenkwam, en ik.“ goedkeurde Zoals eerder genoteerd, zat Condoleezza Rice het Comité van Hoofden voor en speelde een belangrijke rol in ontwikkeling van beleid die de manier voor de V.S. ontruimde. martelings praktijken. In 2004, ving de de CIA naar gestreefde extra verzekering door het beleid voor gebruik van marteling op de „hoogwaardige“ CIA verdachten. Bij het richten van deze episode, Nieuws ABC dat over Rijst wordt gemeld: „Ondanks het kweken van beleidsproblemen - die door Powell worden gedeeld - dat het programma het beeld van de Verenigde Staten in het buitenland berokkende,… (zij) krabbelde niet terug, vertellend de CIA: ‘This is your baby; Go do it.’” When stories regarding detainees at the Abu Grahib prison in Iraq became public, blame for the illegal crimes was placed on “a few rotten apples in the barrel,” low-ranking U.S. soldiers, some of whom are now serving jail sentences. It is now very clear that there were also “bad apples” in barrels at the White House, the Pentagon and in Langley, Va., at CIA headquarters. Much of the torture that has occured is the result of orders fully approved by the White House. Thus, the neo-conservative Bush administration, which purportedly invaded and occupied Iraq to free its people of Saddam’s heinous atrocities, is now guilty of its own, including the killing of innumerable Iraqi citizens via aerial bombardment and house-to-house invasions. In addressing the torture policies of the National Security Council Principals Committee, University of Illinois Professor Francis A. Boyle, one of the world’s foremost authorities on international humanitarian law, said, “Clearly this was criminal activity at the time they committed it. At the very least, it violated the Geneva Conventions, the Convention Against Torture, The War Crimes Act, and the federal anti-torture statutes. Clearly these are impeachable offenses.” Given the “high crimes” committed by top administration officials in violation of the U.S. Constitution, what is to be done? >From the first revelations of the Bush/Cheney war crimes, many writers, including Professor Boyle and I, have strongly called for impeachment of the president. Thus far, Nancy Pelosi and other key members of Congress have failed to live up to their oath of office by failing to defend the Supreme Law of the Land. On June 10, 2008, Missourian writer David Rosman wrote a very informative piece citing many reasons to avoid the impeachment process. However, I continue to disagree with Rosman’s position that somehow health care, deficit spending, education, trade, the war and so on take precedence over concern for criminal violations of the basic provisions of the U.S. Constitution, including Article VI section 2 of that revered document. In terms of war, there would have been no war had Bush fulfilled his obligation to defend the Constitution. And the impeachment process, even without conviction of the president and vice-president, would offer a warning to future U.S. leaders that they must obey the laws of war. Having said this, I certainly do agree with Rosman’s view that “when Bush and Cheney are once again civilians, then file criminal charges against the former holders of the executive office for treason and high crimes against the people. Jail time sounds so much better.” I favor impeachment and jail time for Bush and Cheney and the filing of criminal charges against all of the top officials involved in the planning and approval of prisoner interrogation crimes. Bill Wickersham is an Adjunct Professor of Peace Studies at MU, a member of Veterans for Peace and a member of the national steering committee of Global Action to Prevent War. Columbia Missourian, MO See More:Bush USA NewsHave Your Say: President Bush should be impeached for war crimes Please note, only selected comments will be published. Or discuss this report in our our new forums This entry was posted on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 2:41 pm and is filed under Political News, General . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. |
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