We give great credit to the President who, on 01 Aug 14, told the world “we crossed a line” with regards to torture. Torture:
• Violates the 8th Amendment banning cruel and unusual punishment
• Is banned by The Convention against Torture, signed by the US on 10 Dec 84
• The US Terrorist Watchlist, section 3.18.39 includes torture as a criterion, citing 18.U.S.C. 2340A
• Has no statute of limitations
From Ford, to Reagan, to Bush 41 to Clinton, to Pelosi, we have an unfortunate history of pardoning the guilty in high places, only to find that this practice results in a feeling of entitlement among those elite that they can revisit those crimes upon us again and again. Let’s take a stand here and end that corruption – bring immediate action against these international torture perpetrators.