Thought for Food

Spain Opens Inquiry on Guantánamo

¡Viva España!  They are the watchdogs of the world.  Pinochet their asses, I say.

“Judge Baltasar Garzon said documents declassified by the new U.S. government suggest the practice was systematic.

Garzon said he was acting under Spain’s observance of the principle of universal justice, which allows crimes allegedly committed in other countries to be prosecuted in Spain.”

This is in addition to the Spanish inquiry into 6 Bush administration officials accused of “creating a legal framework to permit torture of suspects at Guantanamo Bay and other U.S. detention facilities.”

For more on the subject, listen to today’s Fresh Air: “Spanish Court To Investigate Bush’s ‘Torture Team.’”