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  • Brutal crimes against the Iraqis usually end with minor sentences:
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    From time to time, the soul of some justice and kind people stands up to show to the world the extent of abuses done by the invading forces in Iraq. While the whole world is astonished by such photos or videos, the British and USA governments take the opportunity to show to the world that they are sincere to the Iraqis and thus they call for investigation and will send the accused persons to a trial. Then after lengthy maneuvering, the court will end up with minor sentences that are too (…)

  • George Tenet Deserves Whatever Penalty Is Given to Moussaoui
    13 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma, USA — mpwright9@aol.com An Associated Press article by Matthew Barakat reports about the sentencing proceeding under way for Zacarias Moussoui, who boasts of membership in Al Qaeda and pled guilty to terrorism last April. Barakat writes that the federal prosecutors plan to link Moussaoui to the 9/11 attacks directly and that they will argue that Moussaoui’s lies to investigators when he was arrested in August 2001 prevented the FBI from thwarting (…)

  • The top two Republicans in Congress caught in an outright lie
    13 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A Republican staffer has named Frist and Hastert as the two lawmakers that added the vaccine makers liability protection to the defense bill- after the committee had met several times that day, and Dems even asked Alaska Senator Ted Stevens if the language was in the bill, and he told them no.
    After the conference committee broke up, a meeting was called in Hastert’s office, [Rep staffer Keith] Kennedy said. Also at the meeting, according to a congressional staffer, were Frist, Stevens (…)

  • Merger mania
    12 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Lacey to Voice staff: Drop dead
    By Tim Redmond
    tredmond@sfbg.com
    The merger between the nation’s two largest alternative newspaper chains was finally consummated Jan. 31, and the very next day, Mike Lacey, the new owner of the Village Voice, was in New York City giving the staff the facts of life.
    Lacey met with Voice staffers Feb. 1, and, according to sources who were present at the meeting, announced that the Voice news section was too soft because it was full of commentary and (…)

  • Police blotter: Patriot Act e-mail spying approved
    10 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    “Police blotter” is a weekly report on the intersection of technology and the law.
    By Declan McCullagh , Staff Writer, CNET News.com
    What: The Justice Department asks a judge to approve Patriot Act e-mail monitoring without any evidence of criminal behavior.
    When: Decided Feb. 2, 2006 by U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan in Washington, D.C.
    Outcome: E-mail surveillance approved.
    What happened: As part of a grand jury investigation that’s still secret, the Justice Department asked a (…)

  • WHO JUDGES THE JUDICIARY?
    8 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WHO JUDGES THE JUDICIARY?
    By Peter Fredson
    February 7, 2006
    When I heard that the Senate Judiciary Committee was going to “investigate” President Bush’s arrogant claims of being above the law, and signing statements that he could pick and choose which laws he might observe, I worried about the partisanship of the committee. On previous occasions all the Republican Senators tried their best to hamper, trivialize, distract, and obfuscate any attempts to implicate the imperial President (…)

  • "You know what happened to Nixon when he broke the law?"
    7 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    press conference Questioner Helen Thomas...
    Q Does the President think he should obey the law? He put his hand on the Bible twice to uphold the Constitution. Wiretapping is not legal under the circumstances without a warrant.
    MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I guess you didn’t pay attention to the Attorney General’s hearing earlier today, because he walked through very clearly the rationale behind this program. And, Helen, I think you have to ask are we a nation at war —
    Q There is no rationale to (…)

  • Too few answers on domestic spying: ATTORNEY GENERAL’S DEFENSES RING HOLLOW
    7 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ defense Monday of President Bush’s order to authorize warrantless spying on Americans failed to shed much light on the deeply disturbing program.
    Gonzales sparred with skeptical senators over the significant question of the program’s legality. On that point, he repeated the dubious arguments made by Bush and his defenders in recent weeks that the program was authorized by law and by the Constitution. He gave only vague explanations for why the president (…)

  • Libby Implicates Cheney In Plame Case
    7 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    New Details Revealed on CIA Leak Case By David Johnston The New York Times
    Saturday 04 February 2006
    Washington - Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff told prosecutors that Mr. Cheney had informed him "in an off sort of curiosity sort of fashion" in mid-June 2003 about the identity of the CIA officer at the heart of the leak case, according to a formerly secret legal opinion, parts of which were made public on Friday.
    The newly released pages were part (…)

  • Jeb Shredding State Records?
    4 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index...
    Jeb Shredding State Records? By Joe Baker, Senior Editor From the Feb. 1-7, 2006, issue
    A source inside the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation told Insider magazine that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has ordered the shredding of documents and public records, a clear violation of Florida law.
    The department has oversight and approval of state gaming licensees, slot machines, dog and horse tracks, and jai-alai games.
    The source, (…)