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  • Excerpts from Lynne Stewart’s Speech!
    18 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Excerpts/Highlights from Lynne Stewarts Speech, February 17th, at the Community Church of New York (Hall of Worship) at 40 East 35th Street.
    (Lynne enters to a standing ovation, wild cheers, and applause--- audience chants, “No justice, no peace!”)
    ...I came down from Harlem where I spoke at a rally. I spoke on the radio this morning to Portland, and on our own WBAI.
    (cheering)
    Tuesday night we were on the way home. We were at the drugstore, and who comes on the radio, but my friend (…)

  • Judge Concerned Over US Abuse of Freedoms
    14 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Judge Concerned Over US Abuse of Freedoms Pete Yost February 14, 2005 Concerned about government secrecy in a terrorism case, a federal judge expressed skepticism Friday at the Bush administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of a Virginia man held in Saudi Arabia. The government is bolstering its effort to get the case thrown out by submitting classified information to U.S. District Judge John Bates that is unavailable to lawyers for imprisoned terrorist suspect Ahmed Abu (…)

  • Denver Post Seeks Access To Sealed Papers In GI Trials
    5 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Denver Post Seeks Access To Sealed Papers In GI Trials Miles Moffeit, Denver Post Staff Writer Friday, February 04, 2005
    The CIA is denying Denver Post attorneys access to evidence used in a closed Army hearing that will determine whether Fort Carson soldiers face murder trials in the fatal interrogation of an Iraqi general.
    In recent weeks, attorneys representing The Post in its attempt to open up the proceedings have sought to view sealed documents introduced in a December evidentiary (…)

  • Attack on election protection attorneys draws mountain of documentation...
    3 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Ohio Attorney-General’s attack on election protection attorneys draws mountain of documentation on state’s stolen election, including new study on exit polls by Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman February 3, 2005
    Stiff legal sanctions sought by Ohio’s Republican Attorney General James Petro against four attorneys who have questioned the results of the 2004 presidential balloting here has produced an unintended consequence — a massive counter-filing that has put on the official record a (…)

  • Campaign to take Bush to justice for crimes against humanity
    2 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    World Social Forum has Bush in its sights
    01/28/2005 11:49
    Campaign to take Bush to justice for crimes against humanity
    At the 5th World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, a campaign was launched today, Thursday, to take George W. Bush to justice for crimes against humanity.
    Cebrapaz, the Brazilian organization, together with 35 other entities from around the world, launched a petition which it hopes will be signed by millions of people until September, when it will be presented to (…)

  • Few Penalties for Soldiers that have admitted abuse of Iraqis
    26 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Army personnel have admitted to beating or threatening to kill Iraqi detainees and stealing money from Iraqi civilians but have not been charged with criminal conduct, according to newly released Army documents.
    Only a handful of the 54 investigations of alleged detainee abuse and other illicit activities detailed in the documents led to recommended penalties as severe as a court-martial or discharge from military service. Most led to administrative fines or simply withered because (…)

  • Rumsfeld Scraps Visit To Germany Over Abu Ghraib War Crimes Probe
    25 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Rumsfeld Scraps Visit To Germany Over Abu Ghraib War Crimes Probe
    MUNICH - Due to Germany’s refusal to halt a law suit against him, United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he will not take part at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, in February, according to Expatica.
    The lawsuit, filed by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights in December with the Federal German Prosecutor’s Office, accuses Rumsfeld of war crimes and torture in connection with (…)

  • Why I’m Willing To Defend Hussein. Former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark Explains His Offer To Help
    25 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Why I’m Willing To Defend Hussein Former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark Explains His Offer To Help The Deposed Dictator Ramsey Clark January 24, 2005 Late last month, I traveled to Amman, Jordan, and met with the family and lawyers of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. I told them that I would help in his defense in any way I could.
    The news, when it found its way back to the United States, caused something of a stir. A few news reports were inquisitive - and some were skeptical - but most (…)

  • The Gonzales Indictment
    20 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Marjorie Cohn
    Alberto Gonzales should not be the Attorney General of the United States. He should be considered a war criminal and indicted by the Attorney General. This is a suggested indictment of Alberto Gonzales for war crimes under Title 18 U.S.C. section 1441, the War Crimes Act.
    COUNT I: Application of Geneva Conventions; Definition of Torture
    On or about January 25, 2002 through January 16, 2005, Defendant ALBERTO GONZALES, Counsel to George W. Bush, the President of the (…)

  • The Scapegoat : Abu Ghraib - a policy, not an aberration
    19 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Justin Raimondo
    The show trial of U.S. Army reservist Charles Graner had something for everyone: tragedy, comedy, pathos, and propaganda. The tragic aspect was dominant, with the photos of the disgusting abuse illustrating the theme of senseless arbitrary violence, but there was also comedy, of a sort, with Guy Womack, Graner’s lawyer, making an argument that was unusual, to say the least:
    "Graner’s attorney said piling naked prisoners into pyramids and leading them by a leash were (…)