[Peace-discuss] FW: Trump’s CIA Pick Well-Suited to Project More Aggressive Foreign Policies - Sputnik International

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THE TORTURE QUESTION

If confirmed by the Senate, Haspel would also face the unprecedented handicap that in many nations throughout the world, she could be arrested and charged with war crimes and other offenses because of her own record, University of Illinois Professor of International Law Francis Boyle cautioned.

"Wherever Haspel travels in the world today she would be subject to prosecution for war crimes, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, violations of the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court and the Convention Against Torture," Boyle claimed.

"All the legal arguments applicable to [former CIA Director George] Tenet apply to her as well. Succinctly put, torture during war time is a war crime," he said.



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US Watchdogs Urge Senate to Screen Gina Haspel's 'Torture' Background The scale and repeated nature of Haspel’s involvement in such abuses was so widespread and consistent that she would likely face even more serious charges outside the United States, Boyle advised.

"In this case, where her CIA torture and enforced disappearances of human beings is both widespread and systematic they constitute a crime against humanity," he said. "We International Lawyers will keep track of her foreign travels and try to get her prosecuted on these grounds wherever she might go."