The Spanish judicial authorities have accepted a case against former employees of the administration of US President George W. Bush. They are accused of creating legal gimmicks that made it possible to torture prisoners at the American prison at Guantanamo Bay. If the Spanish Attorney General's Office agrees to press charges, Spain's National Court of Justice will be able to issue an arrest warrant for six Americans. Among them are former US Secretary of Justice Alberto Gonzalez, former Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Douglas Feith, former legal adviser to Vice President Richard Cheney David Eddington, former Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers.
The prosecution is based on the testimony of five Spaniards who were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. In particular, we are talking about interrogations with simulated drowning. The circumstances of the case are being studied by the investigator for particularly important cases, Baltasar Garzon, known for his high-profile investigations. On his warrant, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998. Douglas Feith has already called the charges "senseless."
The current US President Barack Obama, immediately after coming to power, signed a decree on January 22 to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay within a year. Currently, it houses more than 240 prisoners suspected of involvement in international terrorism.
