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In the type of words they might understand:  heads should roll.  This isn’t over.

Sued in US Courts

    In this case, it’s not as if human rights advocates have been sitting on their hands.

    They have sued in US courts on behalf of Guantanamo detainees and won in the US Supreme Court, only to watch as the administration did everything it could to put off abiding by the rulings. Finally, in September, the administration persuaded Congress to deny detainees access to US courts and to immunize US personnel from prosecution for violating international anti- torture laws.

    In the meantime, President George W. Bush has rewarded those now accused. He gave a Medal of Freedom to Tenant, who oversaw the rendition of certain detainees to secret locations for special interrogations. As for administration lawyers who advised Bush on how to get around anti-torture laws, he promoted then- White House Counsel Gonzales to attorney general and nominated two more lawyers to federal judgeships.

Source: Ann Woolner | Past Sins Might Keep Rumsfeld From Roaming World