The Subhuman Stain: Federal Court Upholds Torture and Tyranny

Chris Floyd , Empire Burlesque

Last week, a federal appeals court upheld George W. Bush's outrageous claims of dictatorial powers, ruling that he and his designated minions can torture captives -- seized and held outside any legal process -- as they see fit. What's more, the judges -- all of them appointed by one of the Bushes who have stained the Oval Office with their bloodstained filth -- further ruled that these captives are "non-persons" in the eyes of the law: subhumans, without rights, without redress -- no matter what was done to them, no matter if they were innocent. I was going to write about this story but I see that Scott Horton has already done it, and done it well... continua / continued