Non-Partisan Group Says Obama is a War Criminal

Obama's death drones

May 17, 2013 - Closing Guantanamo and ending torture of detainees was one of his campaign promises in 2008. In 2013, of his former supporters on the Left say Obama is worse than  President George W. Bush in the way he has continued to detain Guantanamo inmates.

In fact, Obama has authorized, condoned and/or covered up torture, drone killing of civilians and other crimes -- and should be indicted. That's the conclusion of The Constitution Project, a legal research and advocacy group, in its "Report on Detainee Treatment."

Petitioning Obama (change.org)

The charges are detailed in a report and video from The Western Center for Journalism (watch the video below). The New York Times reported the story on its front page on April 16, but it received secondary attention because of the massive coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing.

A NY Times opinion piece on April 16 said that the Constitution Project's report "is also rightly critical of the Obama administration’s use of expansive claims of secrecy to keep the details of rendition and torture from becoming public and to block victims’ lawsuits."

"A nonpartisan group, The Constitution Project, in their mammoth 600-page report, has concluded that Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States, should be indicted for war crimes in the authorization or coverup of the use of torture during interrogation on detainees at Guantánamo and CIA 'black sites'," according The Western Center for Journalism today.

The report is also critical of the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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Hope and Change? "Obama originally said when he ran for office that he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison," wrote Rachel Alexander for Town Hall on May 13, "and after being elected in 2009, publicly instructed  the military to shut it down within one year. It is now over four years later, into his second term, and the prison is still open. Most of the prisoners have been there for over 11 years without a trial. Nine have died since it opened in 2002. The scrutiny has intensified in recent months as a majority of the 166 inmates, down from a high of 684 in 2003, have gone on hunger strikes, and at least 21 of the men are being force-fed twice daily. The administration has approved 86 detainees for release, but curiously none have been released so far this year."

Also See:

• U.S. Torture of Detainees 'Indisputable' World Net Daily
• Is Obama continuing Bush-Cheney torture? The Star Democrat (newspaper)
• Transcript: What’s Going on at Gitmo? ProPublica
• A ‘terrorist’ is no ‘enemy combatant’ Reuters
• President Obama: Close Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay Change.org
• Nader: Obama’s Drone Warfare Violates U.S. and International Law Between The Lines
• Nader: Reining In Obama and His Drones The Nader Page
• The Left Turning on Obama Over Military Policy Town Hall

Melissa Bean Opposes Gitmo Detainee Transfer to Illinois

For Immediate Release - November 17, 2009 CHICAGO – In a crushing blow to Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin’s plan to move Gitmo to Illinois, Democratic Illinois Congresswoman Melissa Bean today announced she opposed any transfer of terrorists to the United States – including Illinois. Bean opposes any transfer and cites national security risks as her primary reason. The Lake County News Sun today quotes Congresswoman Bean as saying: "I remain opposed to transferring Guantanamo detainees to Illinois, or anywhere in the United States, without substantial assurances regarding potential security threats." Bean’s statement comes on the heels of new survey results showing that only 32% of Illinois voters support the Quinn/Durbin plan while 57% oppose. “We hope other Democrats like Bill Foster and Debbie Halvorson will have the courage to stand up to Governor Quinn and Senator Durbin and do what’s right for the people of Illinois,” Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady said. Contact 312-201-9000 info@ilgop.org Conservative Caps, Shirt and more! Leave a Comment - Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Visit us on Twitter!

CIA Proves Pelosi Lied

Nancy Pelosi has been caught in yet another lie. She has claimed that she was never told about "harsh interrogation" methods used on terrorist combatants. But she was told about it. The thought of a Democrat lying might shock two or three of you, but to many of us this is just more of the same. The Washington Post: Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months that she was never told that these techniques were actually being used. So, Pelosi knew about the interrogation methods well over six years ago but said nothing until it served her politically to say something. In other words, Democrat Pelosi was enabling the Bush Administration, apparently having no problem with the methods that she was told about. Only when it seemed politically expedient did she begin to criticize the methods. This is reminiscent of other Democrat lies concerning the general subject of the war on terror. Democrat "leaders" who given full briefings before and after the invasion of Iraq publicly pretended that the knew nothing. Democrat leaders act like Sergeant Schultz in Hogan's Heroes, the bumbling, cowardly German prison guard who pretended to "know nothing" even when he did. Republicans have accused her of knowing for many years precisely the techniques CIA agents were using in interrogations, and only protesting the tactics when they became public and liberal antiwar activists protested. Full Story at The Washington Post... Nancy Pelosi has proven again and again that she is little more than an opportunity whore, an ideoligically vapid husk of a woman. For Nancy Pelosi, her own political career is more important than any true political beliefs. We can respect someone for their heartfelt politics, if they are sincere and not hypocritical. Nancy Pelosi is insincere, hypocritical, and should resign for the good of both the nation and her own party. RELATED: Panic Time for Pelosi - Human Events CIA Says It Briefed Congressional Leaders - Wall Street Journal Feingold, Sensenbrenner embody partisan debate on detainee torture - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Pelosi's crumbling credibility on torture - Kansas City Star Obama should halt 'torture' frenzy on left - Pottstown Mercury Have You No Sense of Decency, Ms. Pelosi... - National Review Online Blogs CommieBama Hats and More Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Follow ChiNewsBench on Twitter

Brutal Obama-Style Change at Gitmo

A lawyer who represents prisoners at Gitmo says things have gotten much worse for the detainees since Barack Obama took over. Is this the "change" you were looking for, Amerika? LONDON (Reuters) - Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards "get their kicks in" before the camp is closed, according to a lawyer who represents detainees. I thought Love would blossom and everything would be gentler under Obamassiah! I was wrong! "According to my clients, there has been a ramping up in abuse since President Obama was inaugurated," said Ghappour, a British-American lawyer with Reprieve, a legal charity that represents 31 detainees at Guantanamo. FULL REPORT, REUTERS... Will Democrats start calling Obama a war criminal and demand a full investigation of his relationship to the War Machine? Sh'yah, right. Chicago News Bench Merchandise Chicago News Bench RSS Feed