Absolutely Maddening: Why Is It So Hard to Think Some Guantanamo Detainees Are Innocent?
For fuck's sake-- these are military tribunals. If they can't prove someone is guilty under these circumstances, maybe they are like, REALLY INNOCENT.
Now, as Mr. Obama moves closer to assuming responsibility for Guantánamo, his pledge to close the detention center is bringing to the fore thorny questions under consideration by his advisers. They include where Guantánamo’s detainees could be held in this country, how many might be sent home and a matter that people with ties to the Obama transition team say is worrying them most: What if some detainees are acquitted or cannot be prosecuted at all?
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Obama advisers: Harsh Interrogators Will Walk
Even as President-elect Obama vowed "to regain America's moral stature in the world" during Sunday's 60 Minutes appearance, two of his senior advisers confessed there is no intent to pursue those in the Bush administration who engaged in torture.
The whole point of the Nuremberg trials was that "I am only following orders" was not a sufficient excuse for tortures and other war criminals to evade punishment for their actions.
Obama's credibility as the harbinger of change will crumble if he fails to hold the people responsible for this travesty to account.
http://tinyurl.com/5glxcl
depressing as hell, but not really surprising that they are not going to prosecute anyone for warcrimes
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