RSS
Opinion


Home Page > Opinion > No justice: Obama fires Greg Craig, avoids Guantanamo torture trials

Blogs


 Helpful Links

comment on article Make a comment
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail

No justice: Obama fires Greg Craig, avoids Guantanamo torture trials

By
ROBERT REYNOLDS,
IrishCentral.com Political Writer

Published Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:03 AM
Updated Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:58 AM

 

Bookmark and Share

Former White House counsel Greg Craig

The resignation of Greg Craig as White House counsel is a sad day for civil liberties in America. Craig, who was a member of the Irish Voice Legal 100 group this year, was a fearless proponent of exposing those who ordered torture of prisoners in American custody.

The first set of torture abuse photos got out because of Greg Craig and no one else. Isn’t it interesting that his resignation is followed by a major publicity offensive about the upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  and those from  9/11?

But with Craig gone there will be no trials of those who can seek to prove they were tortured by American forces while being held. Obama has done the clever but not the right thing .

Why is Obama not willing to give all the Guantanamo prisoners their day in court and let them speak about what has happened to them as we
prove or disprove that they are terrorists and were or were not tortured?

That is the American way and sadly, Obama, despite having the senate, congress and White House is afraid to go down that route.

Instead, a Democratic administration is ousting a man who wants to uphold the moral values of this nation. Where is the accountability we
were promised?

Mohammed and his ilk are obviously very bad people but the fact remains that there may be innocent people left behind in Guantanamo
who may never have a fair trial. Is this truly the American way?

No it is not and we should be mad about that.

print this article Print
email this articleE-mail


Be the first to make a comment.

It may take several minutes for your comment to appear.


Click to learn more from DiscoverIreland.com.
IrishCentral on Twitter


Connect to IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

Welcome to IrishCentral!
Please provide the following information in order to create your account

Username:
E-Mail Address:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy


Welcome to IrishCentral!
All we need is the following information and you will be part of the #1 Irish community in the US

E-Mail Address:
First select a unique username:
Username:
Now choose a password:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Thank you!

Just one more step and you will be part of the largest Irish community in America! Tell us a little more about you to start enjoying all the features of IrishCentral.

Additional Information:

First Name:
Last Name:
Date of Birth:
Zip:
Gender: Male  Female 
Country:
Degree of Irishness:
Household Income:
Level of Education:

Subscribe to our newsletters:

The Best of IrishCentral - Daily Newsletter
Special Offers from our sponsors

or
Skip

You can edit your information at any time, just go to "my account" when you're logged in.

Log into IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

E-Mail:
Password:
 Remember me Forgot my password