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Yesterday,April21st,2009 the call for investigation and indictment,went mainstream with the release of formerly classified papers on the origin of the protocols for interrogation. Keith Olberman's show last night sent the issue mainstream.
Shepard Smith Uncensored: "We Are America, We Do Not F**king Torture!" (VIDEO)
Fox News viewers witnessed a rather incredible scene on Wednesday as anchor Shepard Smith and Fox contributor Judith Miller (of CIA leak infamy) repeatedly and passionately condemned torture, with Smith declaring at one point, "We are America, we don't torture! And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train! This government is of, by, and for the people -- that means it's mine. That means -- I'm not saying what is torture, and what is not torture, but I'm saying, whatever it is, you don't do it for me! I want off the train when the government starts -- I want off, next stop, now!"
The full segment is worth a watch. And Smith felt strongly enough about the issue to speak out about it again as he was heading into commercial break.
"They better not do it," he said. "If we are going to be Ronald Reagan's Shining City on the Hill, we don't get to torture. We don't do it." Fade to black.
(Big thanks to HuffPost Media Monitor Rosemary from Massachusetts for the tip -- keep 'em coming.)
Watch the segment (Smith's comments above begin at about 3:45):
And the Neocons begin to grow uneasy....
Spain Has No Right to Try U.S. Officials
What next? Prosecutions for bad advice on global warming?
Friday, April 3, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
By DOUGLAS J. FEITH
A
lawyer in Spain -- who did his legal studies while serving over seven
years in prison for kidnapping and terrorism -- has engineered a
complaint accusing the U.S. government of systematically torturing
war-on-terrorism detainees. He filed this complaint with Baltasar
Garzon, an activist magistrate famous for championing the "universal
jurisdiction" of Spanish courts. That magistrate is now asking a
Spanish prosecutor to bring criminal charges on this matter against
former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, four other former Bush
administration lawyers, and me. MORE
Political Update
The Justice Robert H. Jackson Steering
Committee is in the final stages of preparing a brief to file with the
Justice Department in May - a complaint against 31 persons for
involvement with illegal acts of torture. The Jackson Committee is a team of legal, academic and legal professionals led by Lawrence Velvel, Dean of Massachusetts School of Law, Andover, MA. The list of those who will be named as defendants will include George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, John Yoo and Jay Bybee.
Links: Interview with Velvel http://ralphlopezworld.com/
A write-up of the effort also appears on a popular website provides a brief summary:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.
