Well, it helps when the next president says "it's okay, we should just move on", instead of prosecuting those committing those crimes. Keeping government offic

Well, it helps when the next president says "it's okay, we should just move on", instead of prosecuting those committing those crimes. Keeping government officials accountable for crimes is what will stop them from doing it in the future, not a sense of "duty", or even more laughable "international treaties" - as if that's going to stop a CIA agent from following a direct order from above. No. Make it clear that they will be prosecuted for war crimes, and then actually do it after it happens. That's what will put an end to this. The same should go for abuses of surveillance powers.