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The secret buried in the Torture Bill [VIDEO]

Bush Admin shielded from War Crimes...
September 29, 2006  |  
 
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Buried deep within the torture bill is this:

... no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any other action against the United States or its agents relating to any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial, or conditions of confinement of an alien detained by the United States who--
`(A) is currently in United States custody; and
`(B) has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination.'.
(b) Effective Date- The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to all cases, without exception, pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act which relate to any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial, or conditions of detention of an alien detained by the United States since September 11, 2001.
In English: Any war crime committed by the Bush administration since 9/11 cannot be prosecuted.

Nice job congress.

Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.

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