Friday, October 26, 2007

Rumsfeld Charged With Torture in France

Raw Story is reporting that a criminal complaint of "torture" was filed in a French court against former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. Here's a quote:

The filed documents allege that during his tenure, the former defense secretary "ordered and authorized" torture of detainees at both the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the US military's detainment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Since neither President Bush nor the U.S. Congress will hold Rumsfeld accountable for violating the Geneva Conventions, perhaps the courts in France will.

2 comments:

Asinus Gravis said...

I wonder why they left out Cheney and Bush? They are the senior "officers" and terrorists.

Bruce Prescott said...

Asinus,

They have diplomatic immunity until they are out of office.