No Spain torture probe of US officials

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No Spain torture probe of US officials

By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer Thu Apr 16, 4:40 am ET

MADRID – Spain's attorney general says prosecutors will recommend against opening an investigation into whether six Bush administration officials sanctioned torture against terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

Candido Conde-Pumpido said Thursday that the case was without merit. He said any trial for torture of prisoners should target those who physically carried out the abuses, rather than officials who might have been behind the policy decisions that led to it.

He was speaking at a breakfast meeting with journalists. Prosecutors at Spain's National Court have not formally announced their decision in the case, but Conde-Pumpido is the country's top law-enforcement official in the country and has the ultimate say.