Abu Ghraib-related Tried to resign twice
This is interesting. I don't know where
this interview took place, but the issue of Rumsfeld's fears of arrest were not addressed on the Larry King show according to
the article at CNN.
TIM HARPER
WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON--U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld conceded yesterday that fears he could be charged as a war criminal may keep him from a conference in Germany set for next week.
A lawsuit filed by the New York-based Centre for Constitutional Rights with German prosecutors accuses Rumsfeld and other senior U.S. officials with war crimes for their part in the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal.
Until Rumsfeld was asked about the possibility at a news briefing, the Pentagon had maintained it was merely a scheduling conflict which could prevent him from attending the Munich Conference on Security Policy, an annual event which draws top defence officials from all over the world.
I support the Centre for Constitutional Rights and I hope that every reader here will also support them.
German law allows charges to be laid in war crimes and human rights cases regardless of the nationality of the accused, but because the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court, charges cannot be laid in this country.
We know that the decision to torture prisoners came right from the top or our country would not have resigned from the ICC, but until now, there didn't seem to be a thing decent American citizens could do about it.
I would not enjoy having any of them arrested and tried in another country. I do enjoy that they fear that it might happen.