UN Pushing for Prosecution of Bush Officials

Earlier this week President Obama released several C.I.A memos that detailed the types of torture allowed by the Bush Administration. While Obama has not mentioned what he plans to do, there is a new voice coming from the U.N. Anti-torture envoy making a stand. The Bush administration allowed water boarding,which is basically pouring water up someones nose until their brain thinks their drowning. This technique and others mentioned in the memos go against U.N. Conventions on torture. The Bush administration lawyers had defined these techniques differently to make them usable by their standards. These lawyers no longer have the president behind them now so who knows what their fate will be...