According to the New York Times, our amigos in Spain seem interested in things like justice and rule of law:
A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush administration officials violated international law by providing the legal framework to justify the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an official close to the case said. The case, against former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and others, was sent to the prosecutor’s office for review by Baltasar Garzón, the crusading investigative judge who ordered the arrest of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The official said that it was “highly probable” that the case would go forward and that it could lead to arrest warrants.
According to Scott Horton, at Harper’s, the magistrate presiding over this investigation was the one who brought down Augusto Pinochet.
Update:
CNN reports that the Spanish magistrate has approved the inquiry into Bush-era torture.
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The verb is Torturar