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Rumsfeld = War Criminal

Today, Pentagon officials question the definition of "torture," but Rumsfeld still insists he acted legally, depnding on "how you interpet the law." There really isn't any doubt, we all know Clinton had sex with that woman and Donald Rumsfeld is a war criminal. But, as we are reminded in The Hunting of the President, official Washington only cares if it involves a Democrat with his zipper down.

Source: The TIP, 2004-06-17

Candidate: Donald Rumsfeld

Pentagon officials tell NBC News that late last year, at the same time U.S. military police were allegedly abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, and early reports of that abuse were reaching U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's desk, he ordered that one Iraqi prisoner be held "off the books" hidden entirely from the International Red Cross and anyone else in possible violation of international law.

It's the first direct link between Rumsfeld and questionable though not violent treatment of prisoners in Iraq.

The Iraqi prisoner was captured last July as deadly attacks on U.S. troops began to rise. He was identified as a member of the terrorist group Ansar al Islam, suspected in the attacks on coalition forces.

In the military's own investigation into prisoner abuse, Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba said efforts to hide prisoners from the Red Cross were "deceptive" and a "violation of international law."
Pentagon officials claim it's entirely lawful to hold prisoners in secret if they pose an immediate threat. But today, nearly one year after his capture, he's still being held incommunicado.

At the same time U.S. military police were allegedly abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered that one Iraqi prisoner be held off the books.

In fact, once the prisoner was returned to Iraq, the interrogations ceased because the prisoner was entirely lost in the system. [Can you believe it?]

Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch said, "If they thought he was such a threat that he could not get Red Cross visits, then how come such a threatening prisoner got lost in the system?"

Pentagon officials still insist Rumsfeld acted legally, but admit it all depends on how you interpret the law.
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