http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2009/06/former-guantanamo-prosecutor-prosecute.html Former Guantanamo Prosecutor: Prosecute Those Who Authorized Torture via Washington's Blog by George Washington on 6/17/09 Darrel Vandeveld served as a prosecutor in the Guantanamo military commissions and resigned due to ethical problems with the tribunal system. He is currently serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve. Vandeveld co-wrote an op-ed with the president of the ACLU calling for prosecution of torture: Torture is a crime and the United States engaged in it. Those are two indisputable facts... The process of self-examination and accountability has been, and remains, the only way to move forward and regain our moral and legal grounding... We have a Department of Justice for a reason, and now it's up to Attorney General Holder, the nation's top law enforcement officer, to do his job and appoint an independent prosecutor to follow the evidence where it may lead... It is critical that we hold accountable those who authorized, those who legally sanctioned and those who implemented the torture policies of one of the darkest periods in our nation's history. What is at stake is nothing less than our democracy. Thank you to Colonel Vandeveldfor being a patriot and standing up for the United States. He is in very good company. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
