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The Huffington Post is reporting that Obama is open to some prosecutions. As the post summarizes it, Obama
left the door open Tuesday to prosecuting Bush administration officials who devised the legal authority for gruesome terror-suspect interrogations, saying the United States lost "our moral bearings" with use of the tactics.
The question of whether to bring charges against those who devised justification for the methods "is going to be more of a decision for the attorney general within the parameters of various laws and I don't want to prejudge that," Obama said....
Obama also said he could support a congressional investigation into the Bush-era terrorist detainee program, but only under certain conditions, such as if it were done on a bipartisan basis.
So there are strings attached and this is far from ideal. However, it seems tha the door has been left open - even if only a crack - for the possibility of making sure that the rule of law is returned and that those who authorized torture pay for their crimes against humanity.
Posted April 21st, 2009 by mattwion
