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“The evidence is sitting on the table,” he stated. “There is no avoiding the fact that this was torture.” He pointed to the U.S. undertakings under the Convention Against Torture in which the country committed that it would criminally prosecute anyone who tortured, or extradite the person to a state that would prosecute him. “The government of the United States is required to take all necessary steps to bring George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld before a court,” Nowak said.
UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal proceedings against Bush and Rumsfeld now—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) (http://harpers.org/archive/2009/01/hbc-90004250 - broken link)
If you want to understand the US government's attitude towards treaties we sign, just read a bit about those signed with our Native American tribes. Our signature is not worth much on that paper.