Bush expected to pardon those with torture links

[nodramamama]

Not good. The Age in Australia reports:

US LAWYERS battling against torture and other abuses at Guantanamo Bay are braced for George Bush issuing last-minute pardons to protect those in his Administration most closely implicated.

The lawyers' warning came after a senior member of the Bush Administration, Susan Crawford, admitted for the first time that torture had been carried out.

Such pardons could prevent US courts from prosecuting people involved in torture on the Bush Administration's watch, in much the same way that then president Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974 for crimes he may have committed during his presidency, even though no specific charge had been made against him.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/bush-expected-to-pardon-those-with-torture-links-20090115-7i64.html

The good news is that these officials could still be prosecuted in other countries.

It will be interesting to see if the new administration would hand them over.

[choie]

1. wouldn't that mean they have immunity to testify against Bush and co?