The Existentialist Cowboy: The Movement to Try George W. Bush et al for War Crimes

"Wishing to rebuke the unpunished war crimes of dictators like Saddam Hussein, in 1996 a Republican-dominated Congress passed the War Crimes Act without a dissenting vote. It defined a 'war crime' as any 'grave breach' of the Geneva Conventions. It thereby advanced a global trend of mutual reinforcement between national and international law.

The War Crimes Act was little noticed until the disclosure of Alberto Gonzales's infamous 2002 'torture memo.' Gonzales, then serving as presidential counsel, advised President Bush to declare that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to people the United States captured in Afghanistan. That, Gonzales wrote, 'substantially reduced the threat of domestic criminal prosecution under the War Crimes Act.'" (Emphasis Mine.)

From The Nation, Bush Aims to Kill War Crimes Act

Note the irony: the Act was passed to punish the likes of Hussein, and it may well serve to take down the likes of the murderous moron and his hyena cabal.