War Crimes

There's not likely to be trials here, but they're getting ready for them in Europe, according to Scott Horton in The New Republic.

But Colin Powell's chief of staff, Colonel Larry Wilkerson, nails it: "Haynes, Feith, Yoo, Bybee, Gonzales and--at the apex--Addington, should never travel outside the U.S., except perhaps to Saudi Arabia and Israel. They broke the law; they violated their professional ethical code. In the future, some government may build the case necessary to prosecute them in a foreign court, or in an international court." Augusto Pinochet made a trip to London, and his life was never the same afterwards. The Bush administration officials who pushed torture will need to be careful about their travel plans.