MAY WE LOCK UP THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP? Glenn Greenwald asks Recall that Gen. Antonio Taguba, who led an official investigation into prisoner abuse, said in 2008: There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.” https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/09/live-coverage-release-senate-torture-report/ Funny you should ask. The Guardian reports The UN, human rights activists and legal experts have renewed calls for the Obama administration to prosecute US officials responsible for the CIA torture program revealed in extensive detail following the release of a damning report by the Senate intelligence committee. theguardian/us-news/2014/dec/09/torture-cia-amnesty-international-human-rights-watch Sadly, the one CIA official with the courage to tell the truth has been locked away in prison for it. John Kiriakou said I believe I was prosecuted not for what I did but for who I am: a CIA officer who said torture was wrong and ineffective and went against the grain. Cant have anybody like that out of prison in the Land of the Free, can we? huffingtonpost/2014/12/10/cia-torture-prosecution_n_6298646.html In a government which is a sewer of corruption, one expects no actual psychopathic barbarian (Dick Cheney?) to be investigated, let alone tried, convicted and/or punished. --Jack Balkwill To join the Liberty Underground news service go here: luvnews.info/Join.htm or join our Facebook group here: https://facebook/groups/461619557192964/ email: libertyuv@hotmail Tell your friends about LUV News because some people just dont get it
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:48:57 +0000