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Dick Cheney confessed to a war crime. Prosecute him ! * CREDO Action *

Submitted by MMRules on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 10:36am.

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Your message to Attorney General Eric Holder:

Since Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to playing a key role in the commission of war crimes during the Bush administration, you are legally obligated to indict him.

Please prosecute Dick Cheney for torture immediately.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/cheney_torture/

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Thanks For Your Posts & Petitions, MMRules!

Submitted by Star Vox on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 1:55am.

MMRules,
Good to read your posts!

When will there be accountability?

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Cheney: "I Was A Big Supporter Of Waterboarding"

Excerpts:

    "There is not a court in the United States or in the world that does not consider waterboarding torture. The Red Cross certainly does, and it's the governing body in international law. It is certainly torture according to the UN Convention on Torture and the Geneva Conventions.

    So the former vice-president has just confessed to a war crime. I repeat: the former vice-president has just confessed to a war crime.

    There is no statute of limitations for such a crime; and the penalty under law is either the death penalty or a prison sentence for life...

    The question is therefore not if, but when, he is convicted as a war criminal - in his lifetime or posthumously...

    These are not my opinions and they are not hyperbole. They are legal facts. Either this country is governed by the rule of law or it isn't. Cheney's clear admission of his central role in authorizing waterboarding and the clear evidence that such waterboarding did indeed take place means that prosecution must proceed.

    Cheney himself just set in motion a chain of events that the civilized world must see to its conclusion or cease to be the civilized world. For such a high official to escape the clear letter of these treaties and conventions, and to openly brag of it, renders such treaties and conventions meaningless."

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Link:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/02/cheney-i-wa...

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Related link - Interview with The "Bragging" Cheney:

http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-vice-president-dick-chene...

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