Forum (Forum & Focus)
Apr. 29, 2009
Yes to Prosecutions
Punishing those who tortured will make future leaders think twice before they authorize the cruel, illegal treatment of other human beings, writes Marjorie Cohn.
FORUM COLUMN
By Marjorie Cohn When I testified last year before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties about Bush interrogation policies, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., stated that former CIA Director Michael Hayden had confirmed that the Bush administration only waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashirit for one minute each. I told Franks that I didn't b...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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