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July 14, 2009
Jane Mayer re CIA, torture, rendition
Investigative Journalist Probes CIA Secrets: NPR, Fresh Air, July 14, 2009: Jane Mayer is interviewed by Dave Davies.
Investigative journalist Jane Mayer discusses a secret CIA counterterrorism program designed to assassinate senior al-Qaida terrorists.
The program was never fully put into action, but word of its parameters was withheld from Congress — reportedly on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney.
A staff writer for The New Yorker, Mayer wrote about new CIA chief Leon Panetta last month in "The Secret History: Can Leon Panetta move the CIA forward without confronting its past?"
Mayer is also the author of the book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals.
Support a prosecutor for torture!
The Brad Blog: "DoJ's 'Trial Balloon' over Torture Prosecution Wafts through the Weekend Media: Corporate MSM minimizes, serious journalist bloggers offer appropriate coverage, condemnation: Plus, YOU can take action. . . ."
So, if you wish to try to somewhat balance the power of the MSM, might I recommend contacting the DoJ with your opinion (202-514-2001 or AskDOJ@usdoj.gov). Ask others to do the same.
Also, if you haven't already, please remember to sign on to Velvet Revolution's DisbarTortureLawyers.com campaign. If nothing else, those Bush attorneys who violated all professional standards to "legalize" the illegal acts of the regime, need to be held accountable if only by the slap on the wrist of disbarment. Sign on here...
July 13, 2009
Justice for Don Siegelman?
Don Siegelman: "Tell Rahm: Remove Biased Prosecutors!" OpEdNews.com, July 13, 2009:
While you're at it, contact Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-514-2001 or askdoj@usdoj.gov.
. . . It is nonsense to think that the same Bush-appointed prosecutors who perpetrated this misconduct will fairly review my charges of misconduct against them.
That's why I am pleading with you to:
1) Call or e-mail Rahm and ask him to help ensure that President Obama's, not President Bush/Karl Rove's, prosecutors decide my fate - by immediately removing these biased prosecutors from this case.
2) Call or e-mail the Democratic National Party Chairman, Governor Tim Kaine, and stress that the Democratic Party ask Eric Holder to remove these partisan prosecutors. Remember my prosecutor is the wife of Karl Rove's best friend, business and political partner. My prosecutor's husband has been identified in sworn testimony as having said he got Rove to get the DOJ to go after me. My prosecutor's husband was also my Republican opponent's campaign manager!
My motion for a new trial was based on the misconduct of this US Attorney in withholding critical evidence that would have made a difference in my trial.
The rabid Rove prosecutors must be immediately removed by the Obama Administration if I am ever to get a fair and impartial review of my case.
PLEASE, PLEASE call and write today. Ask for the removal of Leura Canary and her prosecutors, and ask that DOJ in Washington appoint unbiased prosecutors to review my motion for a new trial.
Hon. Rahm Emanuel,
Chief of Staff to President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
202-456-1111fax: 202-456-2461
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Hon. Tim Kaine,
Chairman,Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-863-8000
http://www.democrats.org/page/s/contactissues
While you're at it, contact Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-514-2001 or askdoj@usdoj.gov.
July 11, 2009
Mohammed Jawad and military commissions
Andy Worthington: "Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions," Huffington Post, July 11, 2009.
Bob Herbert: "How Long Is Long Enough?" New York Times, June 29, 2009.
Will Bunch: "Remind me . . . what was the 2008 election all about, again? Philadelphia Daily News, June 29, 2009.
Bob Herbert: "How Long Is Long Enough?" New York Times, June 29, 2009.
Will Bunch: "Remind me . . . what was the 2008 election all about, again? Philadelphia Daily News, June 29, 2009.
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