tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post7868348282659161061..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Project Censored - News That Didn't make the NewsAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-26227742847801988442007-11-11T03:32:00.000-08:002007-11-11T03:32:00.000-08:00Yes. Perpetrators of several categories of what we...Yes. Perpetrators of several categories of what were war crimes at the time they were committed, can no longer be punished under US law : <BR/><BR/>"A provision mysteriously tucked into the Military Commission Act (MCA) just before it passed through Congress and was signed by President Bush on October 17, 2006 (see story #1), redefines torture, removing the harshest, most controversial techniques from the definition of war crimes, and exempts the perpetrators—both interrogators and their bosses—from prosecution for such offences dating back to November 1997."<BR/><BR/>They can still be charged with war crimes by other countryies, of course, as Rumsfeld discovered on his recent visit to France.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-23351537108140963092007-11-10T22:14:00.000-08:002007-11-10T22:14:00.000-08:00Impunity?Impunity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com