Thursday, October 11, 2007

Jimmy Carter: US Tortures Prisoners. WASHINGTON - The U.S. tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday, adding that President Bush makes up his own definition of torture. “Our country for the first time in my life time has abandoned the basic principle of human rights,” Carter said on CNN. “We’ve said that the Geneva Conventions [...] [CommonDreams.org » Headlines07] 3:41:02 PM    comment []