[Al Arabiya Latest] A Spanish judge considering possible criminal action against six former Bush administration officials for torture at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay defied pressure to drop the case on Friday.However Judge Baltasar Garzon, internationally known for trying to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, accepted that he might not personally take charge of any eventual criminal investigation into officials including former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Public prosecutors at the National Audience, Spain's top criminal court earlier issued an official request to Garzon to drop the investigation. They said Garzon was unqualified to carry out such a "general inquiry into policies put in place by the previous U.S. administration."