How-low-can-you-sink department (Obama division): The always superb Charlie Savage reports at the New York Times today that the Obama administration is considering reaffirming a Bush administration ruling that the United Nations Convention Against Torture does not apply to prisoners held by the U.S. abroad. Once upon a time, as with so much else, Obama was against the Bush interpretation of U.S. obligations or lack of them under the treaty (which helped open the way to CIA torture in black sites and elsewhere abroad). Now, maybe not so much. In other words, while the president has ruled out torture abroad, this reading, if agreed to within the administration, would weaken a global standard against torture and abuse. Its truly a sorry possibility. Tom
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:23:05 +0000
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