Crime Alert on U of MN Campus on 4/17
thought I would share the letter sent to Chief of Police of U of MN Campus
Dear Chief Hestness,
Every victim of a crime deserves our sympathy and has the right to feel safe at the University of Minnesota. But we feel that recent steps taken to enhance campus safety are more an over-reaction to fears generated by reports of University officials than due to a real threat of increasing crime. We believe our campus is fairly safe and that the reaction to the increased reporting can create more dangers than it solves.
However, from time to time, truly dangerous people do come to our campus. We would like to alert you to the imminent presence at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, of such a person. On April 17, 2014, Dr. Condoleezza Rice will be present at Northrop Auditorium at 5:00 p.m. and for some time thereafter.
There is probable cause to believe Dr. Rice has been involved in massive criminal activity. A summary of the evidence, with links and multiple references to further documentation, can be found at this website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/antiwar/cgi-bin/mediawiki/index.php?title=Condi_coalition_letter_draft. I have also attached the document to this email.
As an update to the evidence, with respect to the allegations of conspiracy to torture, Dr. Rice has said her decisions were always pending Justice Department approval. But in her 2011 book, No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington, she is clear that she doubted whether the legal interpretations and how they would be implemented would be legal. On pages 104-105, she wrote of her misgivings of how the views of David Addington, the Vice President's legal counsel, were infecting the legal advice. She wrote about John Bellinger, the National Security Council lawyer:
But in terms of bureaucratic warfare, he was no match for David Addington, the vice President's legal counsel. Addington, with the full support of the Vice President, had a view -- an expansive view -- of presidential prerogatives during wartime and, drawing on opinions by lawyers such as Jay Bybee and John Yoo in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, was determined to push the boundaries of executive authority...That means that the State Department, the military, and even the attorney general were outflanked on occasion.
At a minimum, the evidence shows that Dr. Rice has violated the following statutes:
18 U.S.C. Sec. 2340A(c), which criminalizes a conspiracy to torture, which underlying offense is codified in Sec. 2340A(a) and defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2340.
18 U.S.C. Sec. 2441 -- War Crimes, in particular the violations codified in Section 2441(d)(1), which concerns acts prohibited by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.
Some of these alleged offenses have resulted in the deaths of the victims of Dr. Rice's conduct, so there should be no Statute of Limitations problems with respect to those cases.
Moreover, for these types of crimes, jurisdiction is clear. As President Ronald Reagan said at the time he signed the Convention
Against Torture, which was later ratified by the U.S. Senate:
The core provisions of the Convention establish a regime for international cooperation in the criminal prosecution of torturers relying on so-called "universal jurisdiction." Each State Party is required either to prosecute torturers who are found in its territory or to extradite them to other countries for prosecution.
That is, for these types of crimes, any court in the world may charge and try an alleged perpetrator located within its jurisdiction.
Dr. Rice is a 59-year-old African American woman, 5'8" tall, and will be present on Northrop Auditorium's main stage at the aforementioned time. If you need a picture of her, one will be provided, but it might just be easier for you to access one online.
We are copying the University's Office of the General Counsel on this email, who may be able to elaborate on how serious these allegations are. We are confident that you will at least bring Dr. Rice in to be questioned. We hope, however, that you do not employ the interrogation techniques she so willingly approved.
If you need any further clarification or assistance, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you very much for helping to make our campus safer for all of us.
= new reply since forum marked as read
