George W. Bush Should Face Probe Over Post 9/11 Torture: Amnesty Internationa' December-2014
mnesty International’s US director demands justice over officials responsible for torturing detainees. Among them is former President George W. Bush who reportedly granted the CIA’s request to use waterboarding and other "enhanced" interrogation techniques.NEW YORK, December 9 (Sputnik) — Former US President George W. Bush should be investigated for his role in the CIA torture program , Amnesty International’s US director Steven Hawkins said in a statement released Tuesday in light of the publication of a US Senate Committee report on the CIA's torture practices.
On Tuesday, the US Senate Intelligence Committee released a 500-page summary of a detailed investigation into the CIA's interrogation techniques that were used on alleged al-Qaeda agents in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington.
“Former President George W. Bush should have been investigated long ago for his role in authorizing this program, including his assertion since leaving office that he personally granted the CIA’s request to use waterboarding and other ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ against particular detainees,” Hawkins said in the statement.
The Amnesty International's executive stressed that no person, "however high the office they may have held, is above the rule of law.”
US foreign missions and military bases around the world have seen increased security ahead of the report's release amid fears that evidence of the CIA using torture may incite revenge attacks against the United States.
“Today’s release once again makes crystal clear that the US government used torture. Torture is a crime and those responsible for crimes must be brought to justice,” Hawkins said.
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