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By Molly Moore, Washington Post The methods used by the United Nations and the European Union for blacklisting terrorism suspects are “totally arbitrary” and “violate the fundamental principles of human rights and rule of law,” a European human rights panel said Monday. The Council of Europe’s legal committee urged an overhaul of international regulations so…
Support the Troops… or at least just one now that he is home
Dear Friends: Staff Sgt. Stephen Valyou, right, spends time playing with toys with his 2-year-old son, Nathaniel and his wife, Melissa Valyou, while hanging out in their Jensen Beach home Valyou was almost fatally wounded by a sniper on March 29 in Iraq. Last Friday, there was a fundraiser to help Valyou obtain an all-terrain…
Protest Pressures Rep. Baldwin (D-WI) to Sign Impeachment Resolution
[Editor’s note: This post was locked at zero on reddit immediately] 100-plus celebrate holiday with impeachment rally Kristin Czubkowski – The Capital Times, Madison WI As passersby walked to nearby State Street on a warm afternoon, loud voices–both those chanting in unison and those leading the crowd–called out to them during a protest outside the…
Judge Orders White House to Defend Itself on CIA Videos
Matt Apuzzo, AP Afederal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bush administration to defend its decision to destroy videotapes of CIA interrogations of two al-Qaida suspects. In a one-sentence order, U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy rejected calls from the Justice Department to stay out of the matter and told lawyers to appear before him Friday…
Burning the Law in a Riot of Treason
By William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t The departure of Alberto Gonzales from the Attorney General’s Office brings America to a place of definitions, and hanging in the balance is the very idea of the nation itself. The basic concepts and fundamental principles of our republic now stand as the…
