Spanish prosecutors have decided not to investigate six Bush Administration officials for violating Spanish law and the Convention against Torture:

Attorney General Candido Conde-Pumpido said Thursday the claim against officials in former President George W. Bush’s administration is fraudulent, CNN reported.  The matter was presented by a human rights group and provisionally accepted by a Spanish court pending the prosecutor’s opinion.

If a claim were to be investigated, it should be pursued by the United States so the former officials would have the opportunity to defend themselves in the U.S. court system, Conde-Pumpido said through his press secretary.

That’s good news for the Obama Administration.  But here’s hoping it will pay attention to the reason why the Spanish are not pursuing the case — because it’s our responsibility.

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