More on the 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act

The bill is available here.

See Section 3009 -- the paragraph at line 24 of page 132, which says, in effect, that any claims under the UN Convention Against Torture must be settled in US Circuit Courts -- effectively rejecting UN restrictions for the US against employing torture.

Section 3032 (starting on p. 135) serves to further defang the UN Convention Against Torture, and places the burden of proof on the defendant to prove that they will be tortured if they are sent to whatever country we choose to send them to.

The bill doesn't come out and say "The US hereby reserves the right to arrange for the torture of prisoners, and rejects any UN jurisdiction in the matter, despite whatever treaties that soft pinko Reagan administration may have signed in 1984." But unless the Left Blogosphere (and Mass. Representative Edward Markey) are completely misreading all the legalese, that's basically what it says.

See two posts down for a link on how to contact your Representative about this.