Ethics

Spanish Judge Pursuing Bush Prosecutions

By Ed Brayton

Scott Horton writes that Judge Garzon, the Spanish judge who has previously pursued war crimes charges against Gen. Pinochet and others, has decided to pursue prosecution for high-ranking Bush administration officials for torture.

In a ruling in Madrid today, Judge Baltasar Garzón has announced that an inquiry into the Bush administration's torture policy makers now will proceed into a formal criminal investigation. The ruling came as a jolt following the recommendation of Spanish Attorney General Cándido Conde-Pumpido against proceeding with a criminal inquiry, reported in The Daily Beast on April 16.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).