Rice says Iran spying charges pervert rule of law

[ProSense]

Rice says Iran spying charges pervert rule of law

By Sue Pleming 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran of perverting the rule of law by charging three Iranian-Americans with spying and denied they were involved in espionage.

"These are not people who are engaged in espionage. These are good dual citizens of the United States and Iran and it would have been a good thing if Iran were able to welcome people who want to improve life for Iranians and improve freedoms in Iran," she said.

"It is really just a perversion of the rule of law," Rice told reporters late on Tuesday on her way to a G8 foreign ministers meeting in Germany.

Tehran's judiciary spokesman, Alireza Jamshidi, said earlier in the day the three dual citizens charged with acting against national security and spying were academic Haleh Esfandiari, social scientist Kian Tajbakhsh and journalist Parnaz Azima.

News of the charges emerged one day after officials from Iran and the United States, antagonists since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, held a rare meeting in Baghdad on how to end the conflict in Iraq.

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Damn, has anyone seen Rice's moral high ground?

[Disturbed]

1. Will there be a prisoner excahange?

US is holding three Iranians in Iraq with no charges as far as has been reported.

[rusty charly]

2. Anyone in the Chimpinistration knows from the perversion of the rule of law...

[Neecy]

3. Gitmo does, too

[Donnachaidh]

4. it's only a perversion when the other side does it, right Condi?

Of course, the US has NO spies in Iran, and never has -- right? :sarcasm:

[Mnemosyne]

16. Iran called it in 2004, maybe this article wasn't as much bs as originally thought.

Sorry no link to originals, printed it off and scanned in when found again.

If we were all as stupid as *co thinks; could we even breathe on our own?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Pot, meet kettle.

Jeezus, does CondorLizard have no sense of irony at all?

[flobee1]

13. Thats the first thought I had

Do they remove the part of the brain that controls irony when you become a republican

[snappyturtle]

6. Rice is pushing, pushing, pushing............imho. If I were Iran I'd

watch out! This administration is hungry and Iran calling these Iranian-Americans spies is just feeding the evil cabal.

[LynnTheDem]

7. RICE??! Iran is "perverting the rule of law"??! She said this with a

straight face??!

:wow:

[Solly Mack]

8. "...perverting the rule of law ..."

"These are not people who are engaged in espionage. These are good dual citizens of the United States and Iran and it would have been a good thing if Iran were able to welcome people who want to improve life for Iranians and improve freedoms in Iran,"

Ahhh..language

[sharp_stick]

9. The hypocrisy from that bitch is amazing

the fact that she can spout it with a straight face makes her an ideal politician.

[Spazito]

10. Condi wants to talk about "perverting the rule of law", okay...

let's talk about rendition and the Arar case, let's talk about torture in Abu Graib and all the secret prisons the US runs in Iraq, let's talk about innocent civilians being held, without charges, in Gitmo for years, let's talk about illegally invading and occupying a country.

Yes, Condi, indeed, let's talk about perverting the rule of law and WHO is the role model for that "perversion".

[fooj]

11. "pervert rule of law"...

So, who is going to call them on this bullshit?

[kenny blankenship]

12. Coming from the proprietors of Gitmo, Abu Ghraib & secret, leased torture facilities in E. Europe

that's rich indeed!

[TechBear_Seattle]

14. Pot, let me introduce you to Kettle...

Oh, the IRONY of the Junta pissing and moaning that someone is not following the rule of law!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BrainGlutton]

15. When the pot calls the kettle black, the pot is not necessarily wrong.

[Canuckistanian]

17. Pervert? Law?

That reminds me.

What do you say to a Repub, dressed in a three piece suit?

"Will the defendant please rise?"

[ProSense]

18. Kick for Habeas Corpus

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