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Jan. 16, 2009
A Pre-emptive Pardon for Those Who Tortured Could Backfire
If Bush ends up pardoning individuals who tortured, those very people could become more vulnerable to international prosecution, write David D. Caron and Ariel Meyerstein. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By David D. Caron and Ariel Meyerstein The Bush administration's modus operandi in its campaign against the threat of global terrorism has been to pre-empt the normal flow of both domestic and international legal processes. It should come as no surprise then that one of the president's potential final official sovereign acts - a broad pardon of all the individuals involved in the capture, detention and interrogation of suspected terr...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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