12.29.2008

The Noose Tightens

Kind of strange to see this in Newsweek. The key point, which they get to at the very end, is that these people cannot travel safely. Their war crimes are one thing -- their financial crimes are another. The international community can haul them up on charges at any time. - Ed.

The United States, like many countries, has a bad habit of committing wartime excesses and an even worse record of accounting for them afterward. But a remarkable string of recent events suggests that may finally be changing—and that top Bush administration officials could soon face legal jeopardy for prisoner abuse committed under their watch in the war on terror.

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