update: Go Garzon! Spanish Judge Wants to Keep Hope for the Rule of Law Alive

The New York Times reports that there will be no Spanish probe of US officials...

But as Scott Horton observes, "this does not mark the end of the case--it now goes back to Judge Baltasar Garzon, who had originally launched the case and must decide whether it will go forward notwithstanding the Spanish attorney general's call. Garzon retains ultimate authority in the matter...

The criminal case against the Bush Six remains pending with the Audencia Nacional and before Judge Garzon, and the Spanish attorney general's decision not to adopt the case makes it far more likely that Garzon himself will retain control of the case. In the Spanish criminal-justice system, the decision as to whether a criminal prosecution will go forward rests with the judge--not with the prosecutors or the attorney general."

Spain's attorney general,

Candido Conde Pumpido

accommodating torture

update: Go Garzon! Spanish Judge Wants to Keep Hope for the Rule of Law Alive

The New York Times reports that there will be no Spanish probe of US officials...

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