Bush Fears War Crimes Prosecution, Impeachment

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http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=10902

With great fanfare, George W. Bush announced to a group of carefully selected 9/11 families yesterday that he had finally decided to send Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 13 other alleged terrorists to Guantánamo Bay, where they will be tried in military commissions. After nearly 5 years of interrogating these men, why did Bush choose this moment to bring them to "justice"?

Bush said his administration had "largely completed our questioning of the men" and complained that "the Supreme Court's recent decision has impaired our ability to prosecute terrorists through military commissions and has put in question the future of the CIA program."

He was referring to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in which the high court recently held that Bush's military commissions did not comply with the law. Bush sought to try prisoners in commissions they could not attend with evidence they never see, including hearsay and evidence obtained by coercion.

The Court also determined that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions applies to al Qaeda detainees. That provision of Geneva prohibits "outrages upon personal dignity" and "humiliating and degrading treatment."

[Atman]

1. Maybe his gut instinct will finally be correct about something!

:rofl:

[IChing]

2. I have been outraged all day about this

Europe is not to happy either.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2498945#2498967

[kohodog]

3. My thoughts exactly.

Bush needs this retroactive bill pass IMMEDIATELY. Why? Because if the dems take the house or senate them inquisition will begin and his crimes will be exposed. He needs to make his crimes retroactivly legal to avoid prosecution.

[global1]

4. *Co Is Getting Ready For A Loss Of The House/Senate Or Both.....

they ain't takin no chances. When the Dems get back into control and start probing they want to make sure that they can say they reconsidered and changed. They don't want to be no war criminals.

I wonder if they still can be prosecuted under the grounds that they did it anyway even if they back down now and reverse their policies?

I really think they know they are in trouble and they will do anything to prevent them from the investigations that will begin after Nov. '06. They're running scared and that's a good omen.