Copyrighted Image? DMCA | The International Criminal Court in The Hague is tiptoeing closer to a confrontation with the United States. The key issue is U.S. detention practices, and the alleged use of torture, in Afghanistan. A report just released by the office of the court's prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, for the first time explicitly names U.S. forces as potential culprits. The second George W. Bush administration and Barack Obama's administration have taken small but meaningful steps toward a productive working relationship. But if the court's interest in U.S. misdeeds in Afghanistan continues, that truce could end. |