Wow! Presidential Powers Said to Sanction Torture! 
The German man was hastily taken to Afghanistan by U.S. authorities and tortured to force him to tell any secrets that he might be concealing. This process continued for 3 years.
The truth of the matter was that he was not a terrorist and had no secrets. The U.S. was offering Pakistanis $3,000 to finger suspected terrorists.
This torture continued 2 years longer in Guantanamo.
Finally the U.S. flew this so-called terrorist suspect back to Germany. When he disembarked he was asked to sign a statement admitting he was a terrorist. Of course, he refused.
"60 Minutes" showed film of his battered body.
Who is backing such a terrifying tragedy?
Is this the style of freedom and democracy the U.S. is trying to impose on Iraq?
That question will have to be answered by genuine patriotic Americans who believe in the U.S. Constitution and justice.
In the April 7 letters to the editors section of the New York Times, Frank Donahue, Chief Executive of Physicians for Human Rights of Cambridge, Massachusetts, wrote the following:
"The continuing effort to exempt the president from anti-torture law, among other revelations, shows that the government's calculated policy of torture originated at the highest levels of the administration. The Justice Department's interpretation of long-held tenets of American and international law provided the executive branch with the unlimited power to treat detainees as it saw fit."
If you were a judge at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, and those responsible for launching the Iraq War on deceit and lies were being tried, what do you think would be a fair penalty to achieve justice?
What a tragic, terrifying legacy for the current White House resident, rated the lowest in popularity of any president in this nation's history.
Until we have an accurate accounting of the Iraqi dead, the American dead, and the number of wounded and displaced persons, we will never know the full extent of this Bush-Cheney horror-torture show.
If you voted for Bush and Cheney for a second term, fully aware that the basis for going to war against Iraq was false, how can you escape having this endure as part of your own personal legacy?
KEYWORDS: Torture Policies of Bush and Cheney, Bush-Cheney Administration Violations of International Law
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