I wrote Attorney General Barr requesting @TheJusticeDept to own criminal inquiry into #KhalifahHaftar's war criminal activities in #Libya. #Haftar is USCIT & jurisdiction exists under War Crimes Act of 1996 (which I testified before Congress on nearly 25 years ago).
In trying to persuade Congress that USGOVT should prosecute #warcriminals, I testified:
"the cries of 'Never forget' that arose out of the ashes of the 6 million murdered in the Holocaust are still sadly being drowned out by the millions that are being murdered today....
....In ensuring that we never forget those who are victimized by such atrocities, we must strive to “always prosecute” those that cause such unjustified and inexcusable suffering."
I sought to remind AG Barr of his predecessor #RobertHJackson, a former AG, Associate Supreme Court Justice & Chief #Nuremberg prosecutor. In Nov 1945, Judge Jackson provided his opening statement against top German Nazis and told International Military Tribunal:
common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power and make deliberate and concerted use of it to set in motion evils which leave no home in the world untouched
Hifter came to our shores and accepted the privilege and obligations, moral and legal, that come with being a U.S. citizen. The United States has clear jurisdiction over him for his criminal misdeeds.
Whether we have the courage to pursue him is a matter still to be decided, and we hope you will pledge to follow in the footsteps of Justice Jackson and ensure justice and accountability is obtained for the many victims of Mr. Hifter’s crimes.
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