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UN officials demand prosecutions for US torture
Associated Press via QC Online ^ | December 10, 2014 | AP Staff

Posted on 12/11/2014 6:12:01 AM PST by skimbell

...In all countries, if someone commits murder, they are prosecuted and jailed. If they commit rape or armed robbery, they are prosecuted and jailed. If they order, enable or commit torture — recognized as a serious international crime — they cannot simply be granted impunity because of political expediency...

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KEYWORDS: california; cia; diannefeinstein; waterboarding
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To: Junk Silver

I just hope that the new Republican majority sees the light and changes GOP congressional leadership.


21 posted on 12/11/2014 7:19:16 AM PST by ZULU (Quo usque tandem abutere Obama patientia nostra?)
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To: skimbell
I still laugh at what they call torture. By difi's definitions, basic training is torture.

We were isolated for weeks, forces to stand in the cold rain for hours, subjected to involuntary medical procedures, forced to eat food alien to our normal diet, and they shouted at us, repeatedly!!

Oh, the humanity.

22 posted on 12/11/2014 8:22:26 AM PST by pfflier
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