|
The Bush Six are six former officials of the United States government under the presidency of George W. Bush (2001–09) against whom criminal charges were filed in Spain in 2009 by Baltasar Garzón.〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕 == History == In March 2009 Baltasar Garzón was asked to consider whether Spain should allow charges to be filed against: *Alberto Gonzales, former White House Counsel and US Attorney General; *David Addington, former Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States (under Dick Cheney). *Jay Bybee, head of the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice (2001 March 2003); also at the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel; *John Yoo, deputy of the Office of Legal Counsel (2001–2003); *Douglas Feith, former undersecretary of Defense for policy; and *William Haynes II, former general counsel for the Department of Defense (chief counsel for Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense)〔 〕 Jane Mayer, writing in ''The New Yorker'', reported that Philippe Sands had predicted that charges would be laid against the six men back in his 2008 book ''Torture Team''. Mayer reported that after hearing news of the Spanish charges, Sands told her, "This is the end of these people’s professional reputations! This is no joke. We’re talking about the serious potential deprivation of liberty.”〔 Scott Horton, writing in ''The Daily Beast'', reported on April 13, 2009, that his sources said formal charges would be filed on April 14, 2009.〔〔 〕〔 〕 Horton reported that Garzón had been urged to allow another judge, Ismail Moreno, to conduct the case, because he was still involved in the possible prosecution of Spanish former Guantanamo captives. Paul Havens, reporting for the ''Associated Press'' reported that an unnamed source within the Spanish prosecutors office had told him that the charges would be filed during the week of April 14, 2009.〔 〕 ''CNN'', also quoting an unnamed source within the Spanish prosecutor's office, reported that charges were not expected for several days.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bush Six」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|