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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 02:45 PM
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I'm emailing MSNBC right now
and ask them what makes them think I would have any interest in what Alberto Gonzales thinks about anything since he was instrumental in advocating torture.
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Trevelyan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 02:51 PM
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1. Human Rights First and the ACLU filed a consolidated
The Case Against Secretary Rumsfeld

Human Rights First and ACLU File Amended Complaint in Suit Against Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Over U.S. Torture Policies

On January 5, 2006, Human Rights First and the ACLU filed a consolidated amended complaint in the civil lawsuit charging Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with legal responsibility for the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody in Afghanistan and Iraq. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of nine men, five Iraqis and four Afghans, who were tortured and abused at the hands of U.S. forces under Secretary Rumsfeld's command. More

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/loss/assessing/assessingnewnormal.htm
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 02:53 PM
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2. I wonder if it will ever get scheduled for a hearing.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-13-06 02:57 PM
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3. Face it, you are a citizen of a country that professes all kinds of high
ideals about freedom and democracy, but when it comes down to it, is a one party system with a policy of not taking any shit from anybody under any circumstances, and it appears that this arrangement is quite alright with the majority.

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