Detainee law may not provide total immunity for CIA interrogators

[Rose Siding]

McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Congress has eased the worries of CIA interrogators and senior administration officials by granting them immunity from U.S. criminal prosecutions for all but "grave" abuses of terrorism detainees.

But legislation passed Friday may not leave them entirely in the clear.

International legal experts said the measure is meaningless overseas, where international courts theoretically could still prosecute alleged violations of anti-torture treaties.
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At least 11 officials were involved in shaping the U.S. policy for interrogating captives overseas, including three Cabinet members - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who was White House counsel at the time, Rumsfeld and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who officials say was consulted while he was chief of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. Another of those involved is 9th Circuit federal appeals court judge Jay Bybee, who as an assistant attorney general signed off on it.
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Adam Roberts, a professor of international relations at Oxford University and co-editor of the book "Documents on the Laws of War," noted that the United States has been at the forefront in urging prosecutions of war criminals in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda "no matter how high the positions" they held.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15642236.htm

[sam sarrha]

1. i dont believe there was any intension except for pResidential imminity

for crimes against humanity

[damntexdem]

2. Hey, maybe Dubya, Cheney, and Rummy should take a few ...

unofficial trips to Europe in the coming months. ;-)