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<p>Hard to put it better than the above image, via <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/18/torture-report-cnn-terrorism-iran" target="_blank">Greenwald</a>, from the ACLU&#8217;s Kade Crockford. Yes, today is the anniversary of Ronald Reagan&#8217;s signing of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Convention_Against_Torture" target="_blank">UN Convention Against Torture</a>. The Obama administration&#8217;s refusal to investigate or prosecute anyone in the US government for war crimes is a violation of that Convention.</p>
<p>What Obama and Holder have done (or rather not done) is <em>illegal</em>.</p>
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