Criminal
Sep. 10, 2011
Ten years later: Will we ever hold torturers accountable?
The U.S. government's impact on human rights, civil liberties and the rule of law in the name of fighting terrorism.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
"There is no longer any doubt as to whether the [Bush] administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account." - retired major general Antonio Taguba, investigated outrages at Abu Ghraib for the U.S. Army.
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