Spanish Judge Opens Gitmo Torture Investigation

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Spain’s top investigative magistrate has opened an investigation into the Bush administration over alleged torture of terror suspects at the Guantanamo prison.

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Baltasar Garzon’s move on Wednesday is separate from a complaint by human rights lawyers that seeks charges against six specific Bush administration officials.

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Meeting with reporters in Germany, [Attorney General Eric] Holder also signaled the Obama administration might cooperate with a Spanish investigation of former over the treatment of terror suspects. [...]

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Speaking before it had been announced that a Spanish magistrate had opened an investigation of Bush officials on harsh interrogation methods, Holder didn’t rule out cooperating in such a probe.

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“Obviously, we would look at any request that would come from a court in any country and see how and whether we should comply with it,” Holder said.

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“This is an administration that is determined to conduct itself by the and to the extent that we receive lawful requests from an appropriately created court, we would obviously respond to it,” he said.