We are a Nation of Double Standards

Instead of prosecuting torturers, Obama prosecuted the guy who revealed the program
Updated by Timothy B. Lee on December 9, 2014, 4:00 p.m. ET tim@vox.com
http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/12/9/7361667/senate-torture-report-kiriakou

HSBC Judge Approves $1.9B Drug-Money Laundering Accord
By Christie Smythe Jul 3, 2013 3:06 PM CT
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-02/hsbc-judge-approves-1-9b-drug-money-laundering-accord.html

Money laundering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC#Money_laundering

2011 UBS rogue trader scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_UBS_rogue_trader_scandal

Cops Choking People
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/12/cops-choking-people.html

UPDATE from 2007:



CIA Torture Report: Bush Was Kept in the Dark for Years
DEC 9, 2014 11:13 AM EST By Josh Rogin & Eli Lake

The 500-page declassified executive summary of the majority staff’s 6,700-page investigation into CIA rendition, detention and interrogation practices after Sept. 11 states that despite agency efforts to keep the Bush administration informed about the program, top White House officials repeatedly resisted having the CIA brief cabinet-level figures about the details, and CIA officials were not permitted to brief Bush directly until mid-2006, more than four years after the president signed a broad executive order authorizing the program, according to Senate Democratic aides who briefed reporters ahead of today’s release.

more here:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-09/cia-torture-report-bush-was-kept-in-the-dark