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Date: 2009-01-26 (Monday)
Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes: UN official
"We have clear evidence," he said. "In our report that we sent to the United Nations, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.' So, there we have the clear evidence that Mr. Rumsfeld knew what he was doing but, nevertheless, he ordered torture."
-- Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, during an interview with CNN's Rick Sanchez






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