George Bush Fears Arrest and Cancels Europe Trip (Torture crimes)

Former President George W. Bush has been forced to cancel a planned trip to Switzerland after human rights attorneys threatened to take legal action against him for sanctioning the use of torture. The Center for Constitutional Rights said they had planned to bring a complaint on behalf of two men who were tortured by U.S. interrogators and held at the military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. "It's disappointing we weren't able to actually prosecute him," says CCR Legal Director Bill Quigley, who was interviewed on Democracy Now! Feb. 10, 2011. "But I think it has shown worldwide, that even though he was the president of the United States, if you engage in torture ... there are consequences." Thanks to Democracy Now! For the video/audio podcast, transcript, to sign up for the daily news digest, and for today's entire show, visit http://www.DemocracyNow.org

• 2011-02-22T01:02:28+00:00
• Duración: 06:23

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