Spain Rejects Moonbat Prosecution of Former Bush Aides

This will get the lefty's blood boiling. They were all a'twitter over the prospect that some former Bush Administration officials would be prosecuted for failing to properly fluff the pillows at Gitmo:

Spain's attorney general has rejected an attempt to bring a criminal case against six former US officials over torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay.

The officials, including former US attorney general Alberto Gonzalez, were accused of giving a legal justification for torture at the US detention centre.

But Candido Conde-Pumpido said the case had "no merit" as they were not present when the alleged abuse took place.

Spanish courts can prosecute people for crimes committed outside Spain.

Using the principle of "universal justice", they have also investigated alleged crimes in Argentina, Tibet, El Salvador and Rwanda.

'Plaything'

The Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzon, who is best known for issuing an arrest warrant for former Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet in 1998, had requested the attorney general's advice last month on whether to investigate the six former US officials following a complaint from human-rights lawyers.

"We cannot support that action," Mr Conde-Pumpido told reporters.

"If one is dealing with a crime of mistreatment of prisoners of war, the complaint should go against those who physically carried it out."

He said a trial of the men would have turned Spain's National Court "into a plaything" to be used for political ends.

While saying his office supported the principal of universal justice, Mr Conde-Pumpido said that if there was a legitimate reason to file a complaint against the six accused, "it should be done before local courts with jurisdiction, in other words in the United States".

It's nice to see a little sanity in the judiciary, even if it's in Spain.