There she goes again, on NPR Morning Edition today.
Secretary of State Rice: I absolutely believed and was told that we were doing so under our treaty obligations and under domestic laws.Well, I suppose she has to say that.
It was actually good of Michele Kelemen to bring up that U.S. authority on human rights is in doubt, especially when the Secretary attempts to hold President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to account.
But in the Rice interview, NPR missed mentioning this action against the guy on whom Rice must be depending for the opinion that American actions against its prisoners have been "legal":
Berkeley Council urges war crimes prosecution
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
(12-09) 11:19 PST Berkeley -- After an emotional, rancorous debate over torture and academic freedom, Berkeley's City Council passed a measure late Monday night imploring the United States to prosecute Berkeley resident and former White House official John Yoo for war crimes. ...Yoo, of course, was author of many of the opinions that Rice now says she was "told" and "believed" that "we were doing so under our treaty obligations and under domestic laws."
Update: Think Progress has more, including transcript of some of her remarks.
For example, she replied, "I'm going to have to object," when Kellemen asked about the "tarnished" U.S. image.
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