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ميراث من أضفى شرعيّة على تعذيب
يوم الأربعاء, أغسطس - آب [29ث], 2007
لاحظت الإستقالة من ال [تورتثرر] في رئيس كان بسيده, الرئيس, كيوم تعيسة لديموقراطيّة أمريكيّة. ? هو? [س] حزينة أنّ يعيش نحن في وقت عندما موهوبة وشخص شريفة يحبّ [ألبرتو] غونزالس عرقلت من يتمّ عمل مهمّة لأنّ اسمه جيّدة كان جررت من خلال الطين لأسباب سياسيّة? ناح رئيس بوش في يوم الإثنين. ما اسم جيّدة? After all, Bush picked Gonzales to be the nation?s highest law enforcement official only after Gonzales had proved his mettle for the job as White House counsel. كان [لغل دفيس] ه إلى الرئيس أنّ تعذيب خيار شرعيّة, لأنّ بوش? [س] [سلف-دفيند]? حرب على ذعر? يمسح خارجا كلّ سابقة جائز قيد و [إين برتيكلر]? يرجع جنيف قديم طراز? [س] تحديد صارمة على يستنطق من سجينات عدوّ.? غونزالس? مذكرة شائنة إلى الرئيس من [جن.]. 25, 2002, أيضا يرجع قديم طراز, بين أخرى وقايات دستوريّة, التقسيم القوى أنّ يزوّد تدقيق خاصّ بالكونغرس على ال [إإكسكتيف برنش]. وفقا ل غونزالس? حددت حكم محترفة, الرئيس كان [نو لونجر] أن يلاحظ ال 1996 جريمة حرب يتصرّف, أيّ يسمح مقاضاة إجراميّة أمريكيات ل ينتهك ال [جنفا كنفنأيشن] ول? هجوم على كرامة شخصيّة.? وفقا ل أنّ قانون, على حدّ سواء كان الرئيس ونائب عامّه احتماليّا [سوبجكت تو] عقوبات قاسية, بما في ذلك موت, للتعذيب نظاميّة هم فوّضوا. ما من احتاج عجب بوش أن يعيّن غونزالس كنائب عامّ, خشية أن بعض مغامرة عدل قسم محامية جسارة مادّة استهلاكيّة الإجراميّة ينبعث من البيت الأبيض. لا اهتمام خياليّة, يعطى أنّ يتلقّى نحن منذ مثقّفة أنّ النائب عامّ سابقة, جون [أشكروفت], تلقّى تحفظات جدّيّة حول يكسر القانون يحمي حقوق الإنسان أساسيّة. Indeed, the most clarifying moment of Gonzales? [غفرنمنت سرفيس] كان ه اللّيل زيارة إلى [أشكروفت]? [س] مستشفى سرير, حيث ال [ثن-وهيت] منزل إستشارة [فيلد] أن يخدع [أشكروفت] عليلة داخل يفوّض إمتداد من حكومة مراقبات. حميت [أشكروفت] يرفض وكان من [هرسّمنت] بعيد فقط بالتدخل من [فبي] مديرة روبرت [س.]. [مولّر] [إييي.]. المشكلة يقدّم ب [أشكروفت]? [س] أزلت عرض من جائز نزاهة كان عندما بوش أعطى شغله إلى غونزالس. While the media are once again buying the White House backroom spin that the president?s error in the Gonzales scandal is one of misplaced loyalty to a friend who didn?t perform up to expectations, the truth is that Bush promoted Gonzales because of his assaults on the Constitution and not in ignorance of that sorry record. As the president put it in ?reluctantly? accepting the resignation of ?a man of integrity, decency and principle?: ?As Attorney General and before that, as White House Counsel, Al Gonzales has played a role in shaping our policies in the war on terror. … The PATRIOT Act, the Military Commissions Act and other important laws bear his imprint.? Frighteningly accurate testimony: that the Gonzales legacy will live on long after his government tenure. One aspect of that dreadful legacy, not often remarked upon, is that Gonzales shaped Bush?s selections of lifetime appointees to the judiciary that will preside for decades to come. As Bush observed: ?As Attorney General, he played an important role in helping to confirm two fine jurists in Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. He did an outstanding job as White House Counsel, identifying and recommending the best nominees to fill critically important federal court vacancies.? One of those critical vacancies was filled on Gonzales? recommendation by the appointment of then-Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee as a judge on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Bybee distinguished himself in the eyes of Gonzales and the president by being the author of the 50-page ?Bybee memo? of Aug. 1, 2002, which held that torturing al-Qaida captives ?may be justified? and that international laws against torture ?may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations? conducted under President Bush. But Bybee went further than merely sweeping aside the restraints of international law, concluding, ?Finally, even if an interrogation method might violate Sect. 2340A [of the U.S. Torture Convention passed in 1994] necessity or self-defense could provide justification that would eliminate any criminal liability.? The Bybee memo protected Gonzales and Bush from being branded with the ?torturer? label by arguing that torture ?covers only extreme acts … where the pain is physical, it must be of an intensity akin to that which accompanies serious physical injury such as death or organ failure.? Oh? Maybe my opening sentence for this column was too harsh. Surely Gonzales, and the president who still adores him, intended all along to draw the line at organ failure.? Have Your Say: A Legacy of Legitimizing Torture Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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