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AnotherMcIntosh

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12. Yes. And since torture is prohibited by 18 USC § 2340, 18 USC § 3 is also applicable:

Reply to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:25 AM

Apr 2013

Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives,
relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial
or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3

At a minimum, the Bush Administration personnel who were accessories after the fact should have been prosecuted.

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U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes [View all] hepkat Apr 2013 OP

Bush made torture an American value duhneece Apr 2013 #1

Yes, torturers should be imprisoned Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2013 #5

Yes. And since torture is prohibited by 18 USC § 2340, 18 USC § 3 is also applicable: AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #12

USA - the land of do as we say, not as we do. nt avebury Apr 2013 #2

As Boss Tweed said, mpcamb Apr 2013 #3

Sadly, Tweed was a Democrat. Pterodactyl Apr 2013 #19

He was a crook. mpcamb Apr 2013 #20

Other estimates put it at $200 million -- in 1877 dollars Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2013 #23

Yeah. A Democrat and a crook. Pterodactyl Apr 2013 #31

The silly shits seem to think if you don't call it torture, then it's not torture. bemildred Apr 2013 #4

Oh yes. Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2013 #6

And the war crimes trials begin in three, two, one ..... Coyotl Apr 2013 #7

It took them 12 years to figure out the obvious? blackspade Apr 2013 #8

Impeachment is off the table! OnyxCollie Apr 2013 #9

No shit. Solly Mack Apr 2013 #10

I think reports like this are extremely important hepkat Apr 2013 #11

Then let's keep it kicked. Solly Mack Apr 2013 #13

self kick hepkat Apr 2013 #14

Not if you feel the issue is an important one. Solly Mack Apr 2013 #15

I don't! grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #26

. Solly Mack Apr 2013 #30

The report, a long one, can be found here: AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #16

Good article. I posted it over in "good reads" -- got ignored just1voice Apr 2013 #17

I thought we already knew this sakabatou Apr 2013 #18

There's knowing and there's bipartisan commission confirmation hepkat Apr 2013 #21

True sakabatou Apr 2013 #24

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2013 #22

Torture is a crime. Torture is wrong. In the words of GWB: grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #25

K&R, idwiyo Apr 2013 #27

There is no statute of limitations on deaths resulting from torture... Jefferson23 Apr 2013 #28

This report got lost in the other news realFedUp Apr 2013 #29