Torture and All of the Other War On Terror Excesses Have Come Home…”“It’s Just A Matter of Time Before [Torture] Spills Back Into Domestic Territory. Historically, It Always Has”
WashingtonsBlog.com
February 26, 2015
What should we make of the news that Americans are being arrested and treated in Guantanamo-like conditions in Chicago … including:
Brutality
Being held in secret
Not even telling a suspect’s lawyer whether his client is being held?
And see this, this and this.
We explained last December that torture and other war on terror excesses spills back into domestic territory and that – historically – it always has …
Military and constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley notes:
The cost of our torture program — and the failure to prosecute a single official for it (or the destruction of evidence and false statements revealed in its aftermath) will continue to cost this country dearly. Countries like Iran, North Korea, and China have already cited our use of water boarding to defend against their own abuses. When our soldiers or citizens are water boarded in the future, countries will play back Cheney’s words and others to say that such abuse is not torture. When we demand that officials in other countries be prosecuted for torture, they will mock our hypocrisy and own history.
The Rest…HERE
