Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President,

     Although the election is foremost in just about everyone’s mind right now, I just saw an interesting article about the trial and conviction of Charles Taylor Jr. (“Chuckie”) for torture.

     Here’s the explaination from Human Rights Watch:  “The US federal extraterritorial torture statute, 18 USC § 2340A, makes it a crime for US citizens or anyone present in the United States, regardless of whether they are a US citizen, to commit torture abroad, or to attempt or conspire to commit torture abroad. The law applies regardless of the nationality of the victim. Penalties can be a fine and/or imprisonment of up to 20 years, or if the victim dies as a result of the torture, imprisonment for a term of years, life imprisonment, or death. Life imprisonment is the maximum penalty sought in the prosecution of Chuckie Taylor for torture.”

     That being the case, when is Donald Rumsfeld going to be indicted and tried?  When, for that matter, are you?

 

Sincerely, VNV