Rachel Maddow had a good segment on the Obama continuation of Bush "state secrets" claims with regard to rendition and torture last night with ACLU attorney Ben Wizner:
Wizner: And I think that this administration would prefer to sweep the last seven years under the rug and move on and get along. The problem is not a single torture victim, and there are hundreds, has yet had his day in court.
And you did a segment on prosecution - I understand that?s a controversial issue. The other side of the coin is civil liability. And if torture victims aren't going to be able to go into court at all - and bear in mind these victims can?t go into court. I don?t know which victims will be able to go into court.
Then, really, you?ll have an immunity regime for the perpetrators, for the violators and it will be impossible really to enforce the prohibitions that are in those executive orders and in our laws.
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