A special kind of hell should await Bush and Cheney after they leave Office
The U.N. High Comissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour told a news conference today that she “would have no problems with describing this practice as falling under the prohibition of torture.” She was of course talking about the interrogation technique known as waterboarding.
Arbour made her comment in response to a question about whether U.S. officials could be tried for the use of waterboarding that referred to CIA director Michael Hayden telling Congress on Tuesday his agency had used waterboarding on three detainees captured after the September 11 attacks.
Violators of the U.N. Convention against Torture should be prosecuted under the principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’ which allows countries to try accused war criminals from other nations, Arbour said.
After eight years of Bush and Cheney operating above the laws of this country, it would be nice to watch them squirm during an international war crimes tribunal, as they try to answer for their actions regarding their authorizations to use torture. I wonder if their smug ‘F*@K You’ smirks that they proudly wear will be as evident during the proceedings?
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