https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2010/12/02/wikileaks-doc-obama-gop-worked-together-to-kill-foreign-torture-probe-of-bush/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:06:59 -0400<![CDATA[On April 15, Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), who&#8217;d recently been chairman of the Republican Party, and the US embassy&#8217;s charge d&#8217;affaires met with the acting Spanish foreign minister, Angel Lossada. The Americans, according to this cable, &#8220;underscored that the prosecutions would not be understood or accepted in the US and would have an enormous impact on the bilateral relationship&#8221; between Spain and the United States. Here was a former head of the GOP and a representative of a new Democratic administration (headed by a president who had decried the Bush-Cheney administration&#8217;s use of torture) jointly applying pressure on Spain to kill the investigation of the former Bush officials. Lossada replied that the independence of the Spanish judiciary had to be respected, but he added that the government would send a message to the attorney general that it did not favor prosecuting this case.]]>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:00:58 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2010/12/02/wikileaks-doc-obama-gop-worked-together-to-kill-foreign-torture-probe-of-bush-n79550