Our Home Grown War Criminals Put On Notice

Former Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently travelled to Paris for a conference or some such. Well, several human rights groups have filed a complaint against him with French authorities citing war crimes he authorized (torture, etc.)

From the Center For Constitutional Rights web site:

October 26, 2007, Paris, France – Today, the International Federation for
Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the “Court of First Instance” (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with ordering and authorizing torture. Rumsfeld was in Paris for a talk sponsored by Foreign Policy magazine, and left through a door connecting to the U.S. embassy to avoid journalists and human rights attorneys outside.

Read more here.

We now have a government whose top officials will not be able to travel internationally without being charged with war crimes. Perhaps George Bush will have this as his legacy: he'll have to stay at home or risk being put on trial.

Jim

An Easy Click To Help Restore American Freedoms!

From our friends at MoveOn.Org:

It hasn't hit the news wires yet, but retired Generals Robert Gard and John Johns just went public with something big. They're calling on Congress to ban the use of torture, restore the right to trial and shut down the disastrous prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. There's a growing chorus of judges, scholars, military experts, and regular folks who believe that President Bush's abuse of our Constitution is making us less secure. The Generals join it just in time: there are new reports that even some Bush administration insiders are pushing to shut down Guantanamo. This could be a tipping point in the fight to restore our liberties. I signed a petition to stand with these Generals and push Congress to stop torture, close Guantanamo, and bring back the right to trial. Can you join me by clicking the link below? http://pol.moveon.org/endtorture/?r_by=10573-507029-bx0o7m&rc=confemail

Thanks!

Jim