Spanish AG may crush probe of Bush officials

Crime really does pay, doesn't it?

In the wake of Spanish officials' proposed prosecutions of Alberto Gonzales and 5 other Bush officials for torture, Spain's Attorney General Candido Conde-Pumpido says he plans to quash the probe.

His excuse is that the investigation is without merit because the 6 defendants weren't physically present during the torture that they encouraged.

Huh?

So that means we should just let brutal dictators off the hook if they weren't present during the crimes that they ordered to be committed? That's like saying Saddam Hussein shouldn't have been prosecuted because he wasn't physically there during the things he was prosecuted for.

Should someone who hires a hit man to kill someone go free because they weren't there when the murder took place?

Is the Spanish Attorney General's decision fueled by politics? Is he gutting the probe because he's afraid no American administration (even a Democratic one) would let the investigation continue anyway?

If so, that shows about as much spine as the hated DLC.

(Source: http://www.examiner.com/a-1964229~Spanish_AG__No_torture_probe_of_US_officials.html)