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Complaint is based on memos obtained through wikileaks, and alleges that the <br>documents <br><br>"unquestionably demonstrate that senior U.S. officials - including an Ambassador, <br>diplomatic staff, and two members of the U.S. Senate - actively and surreptitiously <br>met with senior members of the Spanish Government, Administration and <br>prosecutorial authorities to express critical views of, and seek information about, <br>ongoing criminal investigations and preferred courses of action in relation to those <br>investigations, and engage in discussions with Spanish officials in an attempt to <br>interfere in the judicial process and thereby prejudice the cases in favor of the <br>American defendants."<br><br>It alleges that the documents reveal that U.S. "officials both implicitly and explicitly <br>acknowledge that their attempts to interfere with criminal proceedings are utterly <br>improper."<br><br>It alleges that "interventions in Belgium, Germany, and Italy suggest that they are <br>demonstrative of a systematic pattern and practice of abuse aimed at protecting <br>U.S. interests from adverse judicial findings abroad."<br><br>It concludes that "Breaches of judicial independence foster a culture of impunity <br>that is incompatible with international and domestic obligations to prosecute <br>authors of human rights violations. . . . [V]arious high-ranking members of the <br>U.S. and Spanish Administrations were engaged in inappropriate and unwarranted <br>interference with the Spanish judicial process. They have done so with the explicit <br>aim of disturbing the integrity of at least three separate ongoing legal proceedings <br>before the Spanish courts with a view to shielding potential U.S. defendants <br>allegedly responsible for gross human rights violations from criminal liability."<br><br><br><br><br><br> </div></body>
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