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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 10:40 AM
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Everything is "fair game," No problem with using confessions obtained through torture.
On the witness stand was the former chief prosecutor for the tribunals, Col. Morris Davis. Called to testify by defense lawyers, he told the court what he'd told the press -- that he'd quit after becoming convinced that the political appointees overseeing the system were about politics first and justice second, that he was told "we can't have acquittals," and that he was pushed to land indictments or plea deals before the election. He also said that his superiors saw no problem with using confessions obtained through torture, including waterboarding. Everything is "fair game," he says he was told, "let the judge sort it out."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802982_pf.html
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/todays_must_read_326.php
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 10:41 AM
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1. does it ever end?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 10:42 AM
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2. Not without accountability it doesn't
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 10:44 AM
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3. no
I only hope someday, there are NO MORE Autrocities to post

I can hope, but, I get tired.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 10:45 AM
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4. all this will bite us back, we have to stop this.
........nevermind......
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 11:28 AM
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5. My favorite dream is seeing bush and chaney waterboarded...
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