it doesn't take Congress to recognize a War Crime

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Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait

on September 30, 2010 12:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Under cover of 'National Security' concerns, a long-standing "suicide" case is dismissed:

"the highly disturbing nature of allegations in a complaint cannot be a sufficient basis in law" for a case to be heard...

"The question before the court is not whether homicide 'exceeds the bounds of permissible official conduct in the treatment of detainees in US custody and demands accountability' or whether the families of Al-Zahrani and Al-Salami deserve a remedy"...

"Rather, the question is 'who should decide whether such a remedy should be provided.'" - Judge Ellen Huvelle

Not so very long ago, that would have been a court of law.

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