Spains "super judge" Under Continued Fire

Nothing at all is coming out of the Spanish News, nor others, about the investigation into War Crimes of the bush administration, frankly scant mention of the other tasks he's taken on neither, this is the main story being reported over and over, wonder why!

Garzón, investigating possible crimes against humanity, under fire in Spain

March 12 2010

Earlier this week I wrote a news item on Spain's campaign judge, Baltsar Garzón. I reported how last weekend in Granada premier José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero had praised his work against ETA terrorism but said it would be inappropriate for him to comment on the current deliberations against Garzón in the Supreme Court.

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"This fight will be won or lost in the court of public opinion. The Supreme Court is under with 1 million of us standing up for democracy and universal human rights.

"Whatever we think of Garzón, he has gained a reputation for his relentless efforts to seek justice, pursue brutal dictators, terrorists, drug mafias and corrupt politicians.

"But the Supreme Court has admitted three complaints against him, two of which could impact on two crucial investigations for our democracy: the case of crimes against humanity, and the Gürtel case, one of the largest bribery and corruption scandals in our recent history.

"The crimes against humanity case is straight forward - these crimes are of such gravity that international law does not permit accused perpetrators to hide behind national amnesty laws, even if this law played a role at the time of our political transition. -->-->-->

Spain's 'superjudge' Garzón faces rightwing backlash

• Series of writs claim judge has abused his authority
• Country's vision of past at stake, says Garzón lawyer

Judge Baltasar Garzon is being investigated by Spain's supreme court for alleged bias and abuse of authority. Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images

March 12 2010 He is the crusading Spanish "superjudge", a formidable investigator who has built a global reputation as the man who forces the powerful to bow to the might of the law. Everyone from corrupt officials to Latin American dictators and Eta terrorists have come to fear the silver-haired magistrate at Spain's national court.

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Garzón remains unbowed. "I will not go away," he declared this week. "I am absolutely innocent and I shall prove it."

Emilio Silva, head of the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory – which would like to see Franco's surviving henchmen in court, said: "The irony is that Garzón is the only person now being pursued through the courts because of Francoism crimes." -->-->-->