tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83836484869793448242024-02-07T21:20:23.057-08:00indybayskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.comBlogger746125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-85181444225340088072010-06-13T13:51:00.001-07:002010-06-13T13:51:16.857-07:00best chance yet to hold John Yoo accountable<br /> The Padilla v. Yoo suit represents the first time a court has held a Justice Department attorney potentially responsible for the abuse of prisoners. See Lawyers petition court to hold Yoo accountable.Join professors, scholars and government attorneys in their fight...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div><br/></div><span style='border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 0.78em/normal verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(1, 86, 96); ' target='' href='http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/MNVB1BS0VE.DTL&o=0'><img style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; float: left; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64px; height: 64px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; ' alt='Jose Padilla has sued over his treatment while a prisoner...' src='http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2010/02/10_t/mn-Padilla_Terro_0496392095_t.gif' class='thumb'/></a><a style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 0.78em/normal verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(1, 86, 96); ' target='' href='http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/MNVB1BS0VE.DTL&o=1'><img style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; float: left; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 64px; height: 64px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ' alt='John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California...' src='http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2010/02/10_t/mn-Torture_Memos_0501133230_t.gif' class='last-thumb'/></a></span><br/></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>The <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2009/06/padilla-ruling-could-persuade.html'>Padilla v. Yoo sui</a></span><a href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2009/06/padilla-ruling-could-persuade.html'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>t</span></a> represents the first time a court has held a Justice Department attorney potentially responsible for the abuse of prisoners. See <a href='http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/09/MNVB1BS0VE.DTL'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Lawyers petition court to hold Yoo accountable</span></a>.<span style='border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ' class='Apple-style-span'/></span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Join <a href='http://legalpad.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/02/con-law-profs-scholars-and-government-attorneys-unite-against-yoo.html'>professors, scholars and government attorneys</a> in their fight against Yoo and Justice Department efforts to dismiss the case:</span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Monday June 14</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>meet up outside the courthouse 8:15 am</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>95 Seventh Street (at Mission)</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>San Francisco</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>"It is the essential role of the judicial branch to prevent the 'war on terror' from becoming the blank check for official torture that Yoo and the United States seek."</span> - constitutional law teachers statement </span><br/></span></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/best-chance-yet-to-hold-john-y.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/best-chance-yet...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-31244889731287399642010-06-11T13:14:00.005-07:002010-06-11T13:14:40.494-07:00!!!Oral arguments on Yoo's appeal set to begin Monday at 9 am!!!<br /> Chosen to hear the appeal of a lawsuit brought against Yoo by Jose Padilla, who was held for more than three years as an enemy combatant, were Ninth Circuit Judge Pamela Rymer, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush, along with Ninth Circuit...<span style='color: rgb(23, 23, 23); font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Chosen to hear the appeal of a lawsuit brought against Yoo by Jose Padilla, who was held for more than three years as an enemy combatant, were Ninth Circuit Judge <a style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; ' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Ann_Rymer'>Pamela Rymer</a>, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush, along with Ninth Circuit Judge <a style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; ' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_C._Fisher'>Raymond Fisher</a> and Illinois U.S. District Court Judge <a style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; ' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_R._Pallmeyer'>Rebecca Pallmeyer</a>, both appointees of President Bill Clinton.</span> <div><span style='color: rgb(23, 23, 23); line-height: 16px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(23, 23, 23); line-height: 16px;' class='Apple-style-span'><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>Mon. 14 9:00 a.m. Courtroom 3, 3<span style='font: 8.0px Times New Roman'>rd</span> Floor<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'> Before: RYMER, FISHER, CJJ; PALLMEYER (N. Illinois), DJ<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>09-16478 Padilla v. Yoo </span><span style='font: 11.0px Verdana'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><note: to be heard 1st</span></span><span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span>Rights N. Cal<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>08-15547 DuPree v. Roe Habeas E. Cal<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>08-16737 Johnson v. Runnels Habeas E. Cal<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>09-16489 Sullivan v. Wevins Habeas S. Nev<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>09-15321 Maddox v. County of Sacramento Rights E. Cal<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'><b>Location of Hearing</b>:<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>James R. Browning US Courthouse<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>United States Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>95 Seventh Street<span style='font: 12.0px Helvetica'> </span></p><br /><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times New Roman'>San Francisco, California 94103</p></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/oral-arguments-on-yoos-appeal.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/oral-arguments-...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-87872461338798478822010-06-11T13:14:00.003-07:002010-06-11T13:14:39.576-07:0036th Guantanamo detainee wins his habeas petition<br /> Cleared for release in 2004, after determination that there was no information to confirm Taliban or al Qaeda ties on his part, Mohammed Mohammed Hassan Odaini continues to be held by the Obama administration, in defiance of this latest court order....<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ' class='image' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hassen.jpg'><img style='border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; ' height='180' width='144' src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Hassen.jpg/144px-Hassen.jpg' alt='Hassen.jpg'/></a></span></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Cleared for release in 2004, after determination that there was no information to confirm Taliban or al Qaeda ties on his part, <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Mohammed Mohammed Hassan Odaini</span> continues to be held by the Obama administration, in defiance of this latest court order. </span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>"(U.S.) officials kept a young man from Yemen in detention in Cuba from age eighteen to age twenty-six... They have prevented him from seeing his family and denied him the opportunity to complete his studies and embark on a career." - <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/10/95693/federal-judge-calls-guantanamo.html'>U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr.</a></span><br/></span><br/></span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'/></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Arial; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/11/does-obama-really-know-or-care-about-who-is-at-guantanamo/'>Does Obama Really Know or Care About Who Is at Guantánamo?</a></span></span></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/36th-guantanamo-detainee-wins.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/36th-guantanamo...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-7212974898874718662010-06-11T13:14:00.001-07:002010-06-11T13:14:38.521-07:00Owning up to Torture: Lawyers provided the setup<br /> Government lawyers, after all, gave medical personnel the green light for human experimentation. They provided the legal framework and justification. They paved the way for subjecting prisoners to isolation and sleep deprivation, painful stress positions, simulated drowning, cruel exposure to...<span style='font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: -editor-proxy; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Government lawyers, after all, gave medical personnel the green light for human experimentation. They provided the legal framework and justification. They paved the way for subjecting prisoners to isolation and sleep deprivation, painful stress positions, simulated drowning, cruel exposure to extreme cold and other forms of abuse.</span></span></span><div><span style='font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>see</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'> <a style='text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/uncategorized/2010/06/legal-profession-still-lags-in-response-to-torture-advisers/'>Legal profession still lags in response to torture advisers</a></span></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/owning-up-to-torture-lawyers-p.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/owning-up-to-to...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-21944136001191748812010-06-10T11:50:00.005-07:002010-06-10T11:50:42.169-07:00good news: Yoo cohort and former dean of Chapman Law fails in bid for CA attorney general<br /> John Eastman--the former Chapman University law school dean whose most famous education maneuver was bringing his pal and disgraced Bush torture memo author John Yoo to the private Orange institution to pollute future legal minds and defend himself--wanted to dupe voters by...<span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div><br/></div><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='display: inline; ' class='mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image'><img style='border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; ' width='250' height='375' class='mt-image-right' src='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/JohnEastman9c.jpg' alt='JohnEastman9c.jpg'/></span><font style='font-size: 1.5625em; '/></span><br /><br /><br /><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='font-size: 19px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><b style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; '><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>John Eastman</span></span></b><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>--the former Chapman University law school dean whose most famous education maneuver was bringing his pal and disgraced Bush torture memo author </span></span><b style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; '><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>John Yoo</span></span></b><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'> to the private Orange institution to pollute future legal minds and </span></span><a style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); background-position: initial initial; ' href='http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork-orange/john-yoo-stars-in-a-most-civil/'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>defend himself</span></span></a><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>--wanted to dupe voters by being listed as "assistant attorney general" or "special assistant attorney general" in campaign materials and on the June 8 Republican primary ballot.</span> - <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork-orange/john-eastman-assistant-attorne/'>OC Weekly</a></span></span></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='font-size: 19px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></p><p class='MsoNormal'><span style='font-size: 19px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>"And so while my campaign<br />for Attorney General ends this morning, the campaign for our agenda does<br />not. We must restore <span style='text-decoration: line-through;' class='Apple-style-span'>feudalism</span> federalism, fight unconstitutional pension spikes,<br />fight illegal immigration, protect marriage, defend small businesses from<br />excessive regulation and litigation, and; comprehensively, restore the<br />constitutional limits on government, to bring our state back." - <a href='http://www.eastmanforag.com/news/the-campaign-for-our-agenda-continues'><b><span style='color:#9A1914'>John Eastman</span></b></a></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>photo by Christopher Victorio </span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/good-news-yoo-cohort-and-forme.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/good-news-yoo-c...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-10314845423399824162010-06-10T11:50:00.003-07:002010-06-10T11:50:41.216-07:00Bagram's Parwan Detention Facility up and running<br /> A U.S. soldier talks to reporters at a new detention center at the U.S. Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul in this Nov. 15, 2009 file photo. The United States tried to turn a page on its controversial detention policy today, facilitating...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><img style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ' onerror='this.src='http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/rt_facility_100608_mn.jpg'' title='' border='0' id='rt_facility_100608_mn.jpg' alt='PHOTO The United States tried to turn a page on its controversial detention policy today, facilitating the first trial of detainees held in an American detention facility after more than eight years of war--at the new Parwan Detention Facility.' height='240' width='320' src='http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/rt_facility_100608_mn.jpg'/><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; width: 95%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ' class='main-desc'><div style='padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; ' id='cap-short'>A U.S. soldier talks to reporters at a new detention center at the U.S. Bagram Air Base, north of <a style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 153); ' href='http://topics.abcnews.go.com/topic/Kabul' class='DL-topic-highlighted'>Kabul</a><span style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; '> </span>in this Nov. 15, 2009 file photo. The United States tried to turn a page on its controversial detention policy today, facilitating the first trial of detainees held in an American detention facility after more than eight years of war--at the new Parwan Detention Facility.</div></div></span><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>(Jonathon Burch /Reuters)</span><a href='http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sc-dc-bagram9-20100608,0,412821.story'/></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sc-dc-bagram9-20100608,0,412821.story'>U.S. may seek <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ' class='Apple-style-span'>[permanent] </span>use of Afghan prison</a><span style='font-weight: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>,</span></span> <br/><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://abcnews.go.com/International/Afghanistan/trials-insurgents-us-afghan-prisons/story?id=10859507'>first trials of detainees </a><a style='text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://abcnews.go.com/International/Afghanistan/trials-insurgents-us-afghan-prisons/story?id=10859507'>begin</a></span></span></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/see-us-may-seek-use.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/see-us-may-seek...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-70561069039947191112010-06-10T11:50:00.001-07:002010-06-10T11:50:39.983-07:00John Yoo's "good faith" defense<br /> "It appears from the data collected in the PHR report [Experiments in Torture, see previous post] that the CIA was using health-care professionals to collect data for two purposes: to try to hone its torture techniques, and to create a "good...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'>"It appears from the data collected in the <a href='http://phrtorturepapers.org/'>PHR report</a> [<span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 23px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Experiments in Torture, <span style='font-style: normal;' class='Apple-style-span'>see previous post</span><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>]</span> </span>that the CIA was using health-care professionals to collect data for two purposes: to try to hone its torture techniques, and to create a "good faith" defense against criminal charges, following the advice of the Justice Department... The PHR report points to the extraordinary steps taken quietly by the Bush Administration to amend the War Crimes Act in 2006, following their sudden realization that government figures faced a real prospect of prosecution for criminal misconduct undertaken on high-level instructions."<span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'> - </span><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://harpers.org/archive/2010/06/hbc-90007174'>Scott Horton</a></span></span></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: '-editor-proxy'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39468'>American doctors and psychologists weren't only observing 'enhanced' interrogations. They were using information gathered to create a legal defense for those who authorized torture, say </a><a href='http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39468'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Jeremy Brecher</span></a><a href='http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39468'> and </a><a href='http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39468'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Brendan Smith</span></a><a href='http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39468'>.</a></span></span></span></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/john-yoos-good-faith-defense.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/john-yoos-good-...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-64464373989005739472010-06-08T06:39:00.001-07:002010-06-08T06:39:45.441-07:00Experiments in Torture<br /> Blight and Fog pervade the polity...The academy is not disturbed by the torturers among its tenured elites. John Yoo has hardly been challenged at all at Berkeley.Berkeley students, are you blind? Berkeley faculty, are you blind?Bush admits openly to war crimes,Yoo counseled them yet retains...<span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy'; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; ' class='active' href='http://www.truthout.org/human-experimentation-heart-bush-administrations-torture-program60199#comment-199001'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'>Blight and Fog pervade the polity...</span></a></span><br style=''/><br/></span></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy'; ' class='Apple-style-span'>The academy is not disturbed by the torturers among its tenured elites. </span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy'; ' class='Apple-style-span'>John Yoo has hardly been challenged at all at Berkeley.<br style=''/>Berkeley students, are you blind? </span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy'; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Berkeley faculty, are you blind?</span></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy'; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Bush admits openly to war crimes,<br style=''/>Yoo counseled them yet retains tenure at BP's Berkeley campus. </span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy'; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Is everyone completely flipping insane? - </span></span><span style='color: rgb(187, 13, 16); font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'>Anonymous response to <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.truthout.org/human-experimentation-heart-bush-administrations-torture-program60199'>The Heart of the Bush Administration's Torture Program</a></span><span style='color: rgb(187, 13, 16); font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.truthout.org/human-experimentation-heart-bush-administrations-torture-program60199'> </a></span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: -editor-proxy; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(187, 13, 16); font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'/></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>High-value detainees captured during the Bush administration's "war on terror," who were subjected to brutal torture techniques, were part of a Nazi Germany-type program involving illegal human experimentation, the purpose of which was to collect research "data," according to a disturbing new report that calls on President Barack Obama, Congress, and other government agencies to immediately launch inquiries and Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the allegations.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; white-space: normal;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><p style='text-align: left; width: 100%; font-size: 1.1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; ' class='rteleft'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>The findings contained in the </span></span><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(187, 13, 16); ' target='_blank' href='http://phrtorturepapers.org/?dl_id=9'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>27-page report</span></span></a><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>, "Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Evidence of Experimentation in the 'Enhanced' Interrogation Program," is based on extensive research of previously declassified government documents that shows the crucial role medical personnel played in establishing and justifying the legality of the Bush administration's torture program.</span></span></p><p style='text-align: left; width: 100%; font-size: 1.1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; ' class='rteleft'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>For those who have closely followed the details that have surfaced over the years related to the Bush administration's torture program, some of the information contained in the report has already been painstakingly documented by Marcy Wheeler at her blog </span></span><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(187, 13, 16); ' target='_blank' href='http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>Emptywheel</span></span></a><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>, and Truthout's own Jeffrey Kaye on his blog </span></span><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(187, 13, 16); ' target='_blank' href='http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>Invictus</span></span></a><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'> and in articles published on <a href='http://www.truthout.org/'>this web site</a> and at </span></span><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(187, 13, 16); ' target='_blank' href='http://www.firedoglake.com/'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>Firedoglake</span></span></a><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>.</span></span></p></span></span></span></div></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/experiments-in-torture.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/experiments-in-...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-47046362976933104212010-06-04T09:23:00.003-07:002010-06-04T09:23:06.833-07:00June has been designated Torture Awareness Month by the United Nations<br /> Minneapolis resident Chuck Turchick reminds us that "accountability for torture is about the soul of our country, yet we hear only silence from our leaders"...Some government officials say they support those who push for accountability, but there is a lack...<span style='font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Minneapolis resident </span><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: '-webkit-sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Chuck Turchick</span><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'> reminds us that </span><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: '-webkit-sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2010/06/03/18634/accountability_for_torture_is_about_the_soul_of_our_country_yet_we_hear_only_silence_from_our_leaders'>"accountability for torture is about the soul of our country, yet we hear only silence from our leaders"</a></span><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>...</span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>Some government officials say they support those who push for accountability, but there is a lack of political will in Washington to deal with the issue. We respond that Minnesota's most courageous leaders have created, not followed, the political will. Hubert Humphrey on civil rights at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Eugene McCarthy on the war in Southeast Asia, and Paul Wellstone on the invasion of Iraq were at their best when they opposed the political will in Washington, not succumbed to it.</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Chuck is following the various <a href='http://www.worldwidewamm.org/calendar.html'>Torture Awareness Month events</a> sponsored by a coalition of anti-torture and human-rights groups in the Twin Cities. Help get the word out about events in your town; forward info and I'll get it up on this blog.</span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;' class='Apple-style-span'>Break the silence.</span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/june-has-been-designated-tortu.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/june-has-been-d...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-56120048997355067442010-06-04T09:23:00.001-07:002010-06-04T09:23:05.676-07:00justice heals<br /> The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) today welcomed news that the US Supreme Court has ruled that ex-officials of foreign governments do not have automatic immunity from lawsuits alleging torture. Now, if we could hold U.S. officials to...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><img style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 100%; ' height='98' width='130' alt='' border='0' src='http://www.irct.org/Files/billeder/in_focus/WWT-Logo01.png'/></span><a href='http://www.prlog.org/10714710-there-must-be-nowhere-for-torturers-to-hide.html'/></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.prlog.org/10714710-there-must-be-nowhere-for-torturers-to-hide.html'>The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) today welcomed news that the US Supreme Court has ruled that ex-officials of foreign governments do not have automatic immunity from lawsuits alleging torture.</a></span> <div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Now, if we could hold U.S. officials to the same standard, <span style='font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/02/federal-judge-dismisses-guantanamo.php'>Talal AL-ZAHRANI, et al v. Donald RUMSFELD, et al</a></span></span><span style='font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'> <span style='font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; ' class='Apple-style-span'> would be overturned.</span></span></span></span></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/justice-heals.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/justice-heals.h...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-84465910648043057152010-06-03T06:19:00.005-07:002010-06-03T06:19:46.032-07:00meet Debra Sweet, national director WorldCantWait.org<br /> Sunday June 6, 1:30 PMTHE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE57 Post Street (near Montgomery BART)San Francisco A lot has transpired in the last few days in response to Israel's murder of international activists attempting to deliver relief to the besieged people of Gaza. World...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; ' class='Apple-style-span'><b>Sunday June 6, 1:30 PM<br/>THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE<br/></b><a style='color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d%2FmlLJxfE9ZAnGHMzYLY9fMiEUo8AQq9' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>57 Post Street</span></b></a><b> (near Montgomery BART)<br/>San Francisco</b></span> <div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 16px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>A lot has transpired in the last few days in response to Israel's murder of international activists attempting to deliver relief to the besieged people of Gaza. World Can't Wait will add a discussion of this latest atrocity to our original program,</span><a href='http://sfbaycantwait.org/2010/06/#001453'/></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>"CRIMES, LEAKS & VIDEOTAPES"</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><center style='text-align: left; '><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>We'll be screening the notorious </span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0BsB0tcc9WHLksci%2BrSxYwhvZTIasl7y' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>Wikileaks video</span></b></a> showing a U.S. air crew murdering Iraqi civilians, along with </span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3IvUASPoEKMiz5EVA5iahWGZpb%2Fs2mhJ' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>instructional videos</span></b></a> of how to resist military recruiters that prey on youth and immigrants. </span></center><center style='text-align: left; '><br/></center><center style='text-align: left; '><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>Here in the Bay Area, we continue the fight to stop the crimes of our government. Discover how you can participate in the <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>We Are Not Your Soldiers</span></span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '> campaign, hold a <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>War Criminals Watch</span></span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '> culprit accountable - </span><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VaUM0ZvnX51Tg3O%2Bc80P3QhvZTIasl7y' target='_blank'/><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oYBc62euM' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>Fire John Yoo!</span></b></a>, and help us develop plans for a city-wide <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>"Berkeley Says No to Torture Week"</span> in the Fall. </span></span></center></span></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/meet-debra-sweet-national-dire.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/meet-debra-swee...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-89194876551570831242010-06-03T06:19:00.003-07:002010-06-03T06:19:45.141-07:00new video: "Guantánamo: A conversation this side of the wire"<br /> Thanks for the heads-up Andy! I'm looking forward to viewing this.On April 30, 2010, The UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas organized an event to mark the fifth anniversary of its excellent Guantánamo Testimonials Project....<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Thanks for the heads-up <a href='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/01/omar-deghayes-and-terry-holdbrooks-discuss-guantanamo-part-one-omars-story/'>Andy</a>! I'm looking forward to viewing this.</span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(243, 124, 94); ' href='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/deghayes8.jpg'><img style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; float: left; width: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ' height='158' width='269' alt='' src='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/deghayes8.jpg' title='Omar Deghayes speaking by video-conference at an event organized by the UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, April 30, 2010' class='alignleft size-full wp-image-8449'/></a>On April 30, 2010, The UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas organized an event to mark the fifth anniversary of its excellent <a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 52, 38); ' onclick='pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project?referer=');' target='_self' href='http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project'>Guantánamo Testimonials Project</a>. Entitled "Guantánamo: A conversation this side of the wire," the event enabled, for the first time, a discussion to take place, before an American audience, between a former Guantánamo prisoner (the British resident <a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 52, 38); ' target='_self' href='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/03/29/an-interview-with-omar-deghayes-following-kent-screening-of-outside-the-law-stories-from-guantanamo/'>Omar Deghayes</a>, speaking by video-conference from the UK) and a former Guantánamo guard (Terry Holdbrooks, who converted to Islam and is now known as Mustafa Abdullah), and it was therefore enormously significant.</span></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/new-video-guantanamo-a-convers.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/new-video-guant...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-89960112667076167942010-06-03T06:19:00.001-07:002010-06-03T06:19:44.324-07:00Remove the fancy distinctions: the government cannot defeat constitutional guarantee by rerouting its planes from Guantánamo to Bagram.<br /> "Does the public interest in national security allow the U.S. to detain aliens overseas indefinitely?" - Richard A. Epstein Al-Maqaleh v. Gates is the latest chapter in this debate. In late May a panel for the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia--consisting...<div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic; ' class='Apple-style-span'>"Does the public interest in national security allow the U.S. to detain aliens overseas indefinitely?" -<span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'> </span></span></span><span style='font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Richard A. Epstein </span></span></div><div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='color: rgb(0, 51, 153); cursor: pointer; ' target='_blank' href='http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=939332080758612813&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr'><em><span style='text-decoration: none;' class='Apple-style-span'>Al</span></em><span style=''><span style='text-decoration: none;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>-</span></span></span><em><span style='text-decoration: none;' class='Apple-style-span'>Maqaleh v. Gates</span></em></a><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'> is the latest chapter in this debate. In late May a panel for the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia--consisting of David Sentelle, a Reagan appointee; Harry Edwards, a Carter appointee; and David Tatel, a Clinton appointee--took another wrong turn in the road. Their unanimous decision held that three persons taken captive outside the U.S. and detained for over seven years at the United States' Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan could not challenge the legality of their detention in federal district court...</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>see <span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/01/global-aliens-overseas-politics-opinions-columnists-richard-a-epstein.html'>A Parody On Habeas Corpus</a> </span></span></span></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/remove-the-fancy-distinctions.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/remove-the-fanc...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-63564543023523625512010-06-03T05:53:00.001-07:002010-06-03T05:53:11.415-07:00meet Debra Sweet, national director WorldCantWait.org<br /> Sunday June 6, 1:30 PMTHE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE57 Post Street (near Montgomery BART)San Francisco A lot has transpired in the last few days in response to Israel's murder of international activists attempting to deliver relief to the besieged people of Gaza. World...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; ' class='Apple-style-span'><b>Sunday June 6, 1:30 PM<br/>THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE<br/></b><a style='color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d%2FmlLJxfE9ZAnGHMzYLY9fMiEUo8AQq9' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>57 Post Street</span></b></a><b> (near Montgomery BART)<br/>San Francisco</b></span> <div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 16px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>A lot has transpired in the last few days in response to Israel's murder of international activists attempting to deliver relief to the besieged people of Gaza. World Can't Wait will add a discussion of this latest atrocity to our original program,</span><a href='http://sfbaycantwait.org/2010/06/#001453'/></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>"CRIMES, LEAKS & VIDEOTAPES"</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><center style='text-align: left; '><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>We'll be screening the notorious </span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0BsB0tcc9WHLksci%2BrSxYwhvZTIasl7y' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>Wikileaks video</span></b></a> showing a U.S. air crew murdering Iraqi civilians, along with </span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3IvUASPoEKMiz5EVA5iahWGZpb%2Fs2mhJ' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>instructional videos</span></b></a> of how to resist military recruiters that prey on youth and immigrants. </span></center><center style='text-align: left; '><br/></center><center style='text-align: left; '><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>Here in the Bay Area, we continue the fight to stop the crimes of our government. Discover how you can participate in the <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>We Are Not Your Soldiers</span></span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '> campaign, hold a <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>War Criminals Watch</span></span><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '> culprit accountable - </span><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VaUM0ZvnX51Tg3O%2Bc80P3QhvZTIasl7y' target='_blank'/><span style='font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '><a style='outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(102, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oYBc62euM' target='_blank'><b><span style='color: rgb(255, 153, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; '>Fire John Yoo!</span></b></a>, and help us develop plans for a city-wide <span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>"Berkeley Says No to Torture Week"</span> in the Fall. </span></span></center></span></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/meet-debra-sweet-national-dire.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/meet-debra-swee...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-34039473688581996352010-06-02T02:25:00.003-07:002010-06-02T02:25:27.889-07:00new video: "Guantánamo: A conversation this side of the wire"<br /> Thanks for the heads-up Andy! I'm looking forward to viewing this.On April 30, 2010, The UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas organized an event to mark the fifth anniversary of its excellent Guantánamo Testimonials Project....<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Thanks for the heads-up <a href='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/01/omar-deghayes-and-terry-holdbrooks-discuss-guantanamo-part-one-omars-story/'>Andy</a>! I'm looking forward to viewing this.</span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(37, 31, 25); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(243, 124, 94); ' href='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/deghayes8.jpg'><img style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; float: left; width: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ' height='158' width='269' alt='' src='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/deghayes8.jpg' title='Omar Deghayes speaking by video-conference at an event organized by the UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, April 30, 2010' class='alignleft size-full wp-image-8449'/></a>On April 30, 2010, The UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas organized an event to mark the fifth anniversary of its excellent <a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 52, 38); ' onclick='pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project?referer=');' target='_self' href='http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project'>Guantánamo Testimonials Project</a>. Entitled "Guantánamo: A conversation this side of the wire," the event enabled, for the first time, a discussion to take place, before an American audience, between a former Guantánamo prisoner (the British resident <a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 52, 38); ' target='_self' href='http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/03/29/an-interview-with-omar-deghayes-following-kent-screening-of-outside-the-law-stories-from-guantanamo/'>Omar Deghayes</a>, speaking by video-conference from the UK) and a former Guantánamo guard (Terry Holdbrooks, who converted to Islam and is now known as Mustafa Abdullah), and it was therefore enormously significant.</span></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/new-video-guantanamo-a-convers.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/new-video-guant...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-51752481714073727342010-06-02T02:25:00.001-07:002010-06-02T02:25:27.030-07:00Remove the fancy distinctions: the government cannot defeat constitutional guarantee by rerouting its planes from Guantánamo to Bagram.<br /> "Does the public interest in national security allow the U.S. to detain aliens overseas indefinitely?" - Richard A. Epstein Al-Maqaleh v. Gates is the latest chapter in this debate. In late May a panel for the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia--consisting...<div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic; ' class='Apple-style-span'>"Does the public interest in national security allow the U.S. to detain aliens overseas indefinitely?" -<span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'> </span></span></span><span style='font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Richard A. Epstein </span></span></div><div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='color: rgb(0, 51, 153); cursor: pointer; ' target='_blank' href='http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=939332080758612813&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr'><em><span style='text-decoration: none;' class='Apple-style-span'>Al</span></em><span style=''><span style='text-decoration: none;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>-</span></span></span><em><span style='text-decoration: none;' class='Apple-style-span'>Maqaleh v. Gates</span></em></a><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'> is the latest chapter in this debate. In late May a panel for the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia--consisting of David Sentelle, a Reagan appointee; Harry Edwards, a Carter appointee; and David Tatel, a Clinton appointee--took another wrong turn in the road. Their unanimous decision held that three persons taken captive outside the U.S. and detained for over seven years at the United States' Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan could not challenge the legality of their detention in federal district court...</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>see <span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/01/global-aliens-overseas-politics-opinions-columnists-richard-a-epstein.html'>A Parody On Habeas Corpus</a> </span></span></span></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/remove-the-fancy-distinctions.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/06/remove-the-fanc...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-50089119537260457962010-05-31T00:55:00.003-07:002010-05-31T00:55:18.284-07:00Boalt Hall's purported emphasis on excellence and ethics<br /> "Gifts to the Boalt Hall Fund are important because they are immediately available to be spent at the dean's discretion." - Campaign for Boalt HallThink before you donate: how much of your $ will go to a defense of Torture?Dean Edley...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>"<span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Gifts to the Boalt Hall Fund are important because they are immediately available to be spent at the dean's discretion."</span></span> - <a href='http://'>Campaign for Boalt Hall</a></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Think before you donate: how much of your $ will go to a defense of Torture?</span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'>Dean Edley is credited with funding the rise of Berkeley Law's ranking among the </span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'>nation's preeminent law schools. Is promotion of a war criminal an acceptable price?</span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><img src='http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/yooj/yoo%20jpeg.jpg' id='_x0000_i1025' height='181' width='162'/> </span></span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://promise.berkeley.edu/lib/pdf/2008_spring_promise.pdf'>The Promise of Berkeley</a></span>, page 18</span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'>Many of the school's faculty and students think NOT, and expressed their opposition to </span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'>Torture by wearing <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022503123.html'>orange ribbons</a> at the 2010 graduation ceremonies. See video <span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oYBc62euM'>here</a></span></span></p></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/boalt-halls-purported-emphasis.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/boalt-halls-pur...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-66839097328275100952010-05-31T00:55:00.001-07:002010-05-31T00:55:17.420-07:00John Yoo on immigration: auction visas to highest bidders<br /> c/o ricochet:John YooThis all leaves me wondering why the better solution is not to auction off the right to enter the country to work (a voucher system applied to visa's), and then use the proceeds to fund better border control....<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>c/o <a href='http://ricochet.com/conversations/Question-For-Our-Law-Professors/'>ricochet</a>:</span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; display: block; float: left; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ' class='profile-image'><span style='display: inline-block; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-right-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-left-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(185, 199, 217); padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; line-height: 0px; ' class='imageblock'><a style='color: rgb(102, 153, 204); text-decoration: underline; ' title='John Yoo' href='http://ricochet.com/Profile/665'><img style='border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; 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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: 1px -35px; '/></div><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: 1px -35px; ' class='bd-con'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; display: table-cell; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg-y.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 5px; width: 1000px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 15px; background-position: 1px 0%; ' class='bd'><a style='color: rgb(102, 153, 204); margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://ricochet.com/Profile/665' class='author'>John Yoo</a><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; padding-top: 5px; ' class='body'><p style='font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; '>This all leaves me wondering why the better solution is not to auction off the right to enter the country to work (a voucher system applied to visa's), and then use the proceeds to fund better border control. Visa's are just a way to ration the numbers of people who enter the country, but the way we do it, they are not distributed with any reason. Why not let the market perform this function rather than the government, which I don't trust to make the right allocation (for the same reason, I think education is better funded through vouchers rather than a public monopoly in schools -- same goes for health care too). In fact, those who enter the country legally would have an interest in making sure the border was controlled -- if it is not, then the property value of their visas will drop.</p></div><div style='margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-top: 5px; ' class='action'><ul style='border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 20px; background-repeat: repeat-y; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; '><li style='display: block; float: left; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; ' class='comment-number'><b>#<span>4 ·</span></b></li><li style='float: left; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; '><span style='margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ' class='comment-time'>May. 28 at 2:34pm</span> </li><div><span style='color: rgb(153, 153, 153);' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div></ul></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>so much for "the tired, the poor, the huddled masses"</span></div><div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-left: 60px; ' class='comment-box'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>"<span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Gifts to the Boalt Hall Fund are important because they are immediately available to be spent at the dean's discretion."</span></span> - <a href='http://'>Campaign for Boalt Hall</a></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Think before you donate: how much of your $ will go to a defense of Torture?</span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'>Dean Edley is credited with funding the rise of Berkeley Law's ranking among the </span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'>nation's preeminent law schools. Is promotion of a war criminal an acceptable price?</span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><img src='http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/yooj/yoo%20jpeg.jpg' id='_x0000_i1025' height='181' width='162'/> </span></span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://promise.berkeley.edu/lib/pdf/2008_spring_promise.pdf'>The Promise of Berkeley</a></span>, page 18</span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'>Many of the school's faculty and students think NOT, and expressed their opposition to </span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'>Torture by wearing <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022503123.html'>orange ribbons</a> at the 2010 graduation ceremonies. See video <span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oYBc62euM'>here</a></span></span></p></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/boalt-halls-purported-emphasis.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/boalt-halls-pur...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-88836215000700082042010-05-31T00:50:00.001-07:002010-05-31T00:50:14.622-07:00John Yoo on immigration: auction visas to highest bidders<br /> c/o ricochet:John YooThis all leaves me wondering why the better solution is not to auction off the right to enter the country to work (a voucher system applied to visa's), and then use the proceeds to fund better border control....<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>c/o <a href='http://ricochet.com/conversations/Question-For-Our-Law-Professors/'>ricochet</a>:</span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; display: block; float: left; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ' class='profile-image'><span style='display: inline-block; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-right-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-left-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(185, 199, 217); padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; line-height: 0px; ' class='imageblock'><a style='color: rgb(102, 153, 204); text-decoration: underline; ' title='John Yoo' href='http://ricochet.com/Profile/665'><img style='border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; 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background-repeat: repeat-y; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 5px; width: 1000px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 15px; background-position: 1px 0%; ' class='bd'><a style='color: rgb(102, 153, 204); margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://ricochet.com/Profile/665' class='author'>John Yoo</a><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; padding-top: 5px; ' class='body'><p style='font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; '>This all leaves me wondering why the better solution is not to auction off the right to enter the country to work (a voucher system applied to visa's), and then use the proceeds to fund better border control. Visa's are just a way to ration the numbers of people who enter the country, but the way we do it, they are not distributed with any reason. Why not let the market perform this function rather than the government, which I don't trust to make the right allocation (for the same reason, I think education is better funded through vouchers rather than a public monopoly in schools -- same goes for health care too). In fact, those who enter the country legally would have an interest in making sure the border was controlled -- if it is not, then the property value of their visas will drop.</p></div><div style='margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-top: 5px; ' class='action'><ul style='border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 20px; background-repeat: repeat-y; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; '><li style='display: block; float: left; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; ' class='comment-number'><b>#<span>4 ·</span></b></li><li style='float: left; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; '><span style='margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ' class='comment-time'>May. 28 at 2:34pm</span> </li><div><span style='color: rgb(153, 153, 153);' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div></ul></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>so much for "the tired, the poor, the huddled masses"</span></div><div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-left: 60px; ' class='comment-box'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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display: table-cell; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg-y.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 5px; width: 1000px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 15px; background-position: 1px 0%; ' class='bd'><div style='margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-top: 5px; ' class='action'><div><br/></div><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; clear: both; ' class='clear'/></div></div></div><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: 100% -30px; ' class='btm'/></div></div></span></span></div></div></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/john-yoo-on-immigration-auctio.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/john-yoo-on-imm...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-47793626018468254442010-05-31T00:28:00.001-07:002010-05-31T00:28:33.354-07:00Boalt Hall's purported emphasis on excellence and ethics<br /> "Gifts to the Boalt Hall Fund are important because they are immediately available to be spent at the dean's discretion." - Campaign for Boalt HallThink before you donate: how much of your $ will go to a defense of Torture?Dean Edley...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>"<span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'>Gifts to the Boalt Hall Fund are important because they are immediately available to be spent at the dean's discretion."</span></span> - <a href='http://'>Campaign for Boalt Hall</a></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Think before you donate: how much of your $ will go to a defense of Torture?</span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'>Dean Edley is credited with funding the rise of Berkeley Law's ranking among the </span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'>nation's preeminent law schools. Is promotion of a war criminal an acceptable price?</span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><img src='http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/yooj/yoo%20jpeg.jpg' id='_x0000_i1025' height='181' width='162'/> </span></span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://promise.berkeley.edu/lib/pdf/2008_spring_promise.pdf'>The Promise of Berkeley</a></span>, page 18</span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'>Many of the school's faculty and students think NOT, and expressed their opposition to </span></p><p style='margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Times'><span style='font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;' class='Apple-style-span'>Torture by wearing <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022503123.html'>orange ribbons</a> at the 2010 graduation ceremonies. See video <span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oYBc62euM'>here</a></span></span></p></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/boalt-halls-purported-emphasis.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/boalt-halls-pur...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-20999237991620783122010-05-30T00:25:00.001-07:002010-05-30T00:25:42.303-07:00John Yoo on immigration: auction visas to highest bidders<br /> c/o ricochet:John YooThis all leaves me wondering why the better solution is not to auction off the right to enter the country to work (a voucher system applied to visa's), and then use the proceeds to fund better border control....<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>c/o <a href='http://ricochet.com/conversations/Question-For-Our-Law-Professors/'>ricochet</a>:</span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div style='padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; display: block; float: left; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ' class='profile-image'><span style='display: inline-block; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-right-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); border-left-color: rgb(102, 153, 204); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(185, 199, 217); padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; line-height: 0px; ' class='imageblock'><a style='color: rgb(102, 153, 204); text-decoration: underline; ' title='John Yoo' href='http://ricochet.com/Profile/665'><img style='border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; ' title='' alt='' height='50' width='50' src='http://ricochet.com/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/users/contributors/unedited-contributors/john-yoo/4129-5-eng-US/John-Yoo_small_profile.jpg'/></a></span></div><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-left: 60px; ' class='comment-box'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; display: table-cell; ' class='box'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: 100% 0%; ' class='top'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; height: 5px; margin-right: 5px; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: 1px -35px; '/></div><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: 1px -35px; ' class='bd-con'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; display: table-cell; background-image: url(http://ricochet.com/extension/ricochet/design/ezwebin/images/comment-bg-y.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 5px; width: 1000px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 15px; background-position: 1px 0%; ' class='bd'><a style='color: rgb(102, 153, 204); margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ' href='http://ricochet.com/Profile/665' class='author'>John Yoo</a><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; padding-top: 5px; ' class='body'><p style='font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; '>This all leaves me wondering why the better solution is not to auction off the right to enter the country to work (a voucher system applied to visa's), and then use the proceeds to fund better border control. Visa's are just a way to ration the numbers of people who enter the country, but the way we do it, they are not distributed with any reason. Why not let the market perform this function rather than the government, which I don't trust to make the right allocation (for the same reason, I think education is better funded through vouchers rather than a public monopoly in schools -- same goes for health care too). In fact, those who enter the country legally would have an interest in making sure the border was controlled -- if it is not, then the property value of their visas will drop.</p></div><div style='margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-top: 5px; ' class='action'><ul style='border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 20px; background-repeat: repeat-y; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; '><li style='display: block; float: left; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; ' class='comment-number'><b>#<span>4 ·</span></b></li><li style='float: left; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; '><span style='margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ' class='comment-time'>May. 28 at 2:34pm</span> </li><div><span style='color: rgb(153, 153, 153);' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div></ul></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>so much for "the tired, the poor, the huddled masses"</span></div><div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; margin-left: 60px; ' class='comment-box'><div style='margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='text-decoration: none; color: rgb(128, 0, 128); ' href='http://gtmoblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/house-armed-service-committee-votes-to.html'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'>House Armed Service Committee Votes to Keep Gitmo Open and Investigate Lawyers Who Represent the Men at Gitmo</span></a></span> <div><span style='color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Andy Worthington <a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/house-kills-plan-to-close_b_587294.html'>observes</a> that "it is by no means a tragedy that the plan to </span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>replicate some of Guantánamo's most unpalatable innovations on American soil </span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>has been prevented."</span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><a href='http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0327/Defending-due-process-for-Guantanamo-detainees'>Threats</a> against detainee lawyers <a href='http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/21/house-panel-oks-probe-of-gitmo-attorneys/'>continue</a>.</span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/breaking-gitmo-news-2.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/breaking-gitmo-...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-54938748152371891272010-05-23T04:56:00.001-07:002010-05-23T04:56:19.752-07:00re: the urgent need to close Guantanamo<br /> LA Times asks so, Mr. President, how's THAT promise coming along?Mark Wilson/Getty Imagesthere's no new promised date for its closure because Obama folks have learned that when you promise something, words have meaning and consequences and some silly people actually...<div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-weight: bold; ' class='Apple-style-span'>LA Times asks <a href='http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/05/obama-guantanamo.html'>so, Mr. President, how's THAT promise coming along?</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><a style='font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline; ' title='View Full-Size' target='_blank' href='http://z.about.com/d/chicago/1/0/S/A/-/-/SignsEOtoCloseGitmoMarkWilson.jpg'><img style='border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(213, 208, 191); border-right-color: rgb(213, 208, 191); border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 208, 191); border-left-color: rgb(213, 208, 191); padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; background-position: initial initial; ' alt='' src='http://z.about.com/d/chicago/1/5/S/A/-/-/SignsEOtoCloseGitmoMarkWilson.jpg' class='photo'/></a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='color: rgb(125, 125, 125); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; ' class='Apple-style-span'>Mark Wilson/Getty Images</span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -editor-proxy; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>there's no new promised date for its closure because Obama folks have learned that when you promise something, words have meaning and consequences and some silly people actually expect you to keep your word. i.e. End Don't Ask-Don't Tell, go through the budget line-by-line, double the Peace Corps, allow five days of public comment before signing legislation, negotiate healthcare bills on C-SPAN, support a crewed moon mission by 2020, give an annual State of the World address to Americans on national security, end no-bid contracts above $25,000, double funding for after-school programs, reduce legislative earmarks to 1994 levels, recognize the Armenian genocide, create a public option health plan for a new National Insurance Exchange. </span></span></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><p style='padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; '><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>And </span></span><a style='font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); ' target='_blank' href='http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/promise-broken/'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>some other stuff over here</span></span></a><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>.</span></span></p></span></span></div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/so-mr-president-hows-that.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/so-mr-president...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383648486979344824.post-89034484078819173872010-05-22T07:37:00.003-07:002010-05-22T07:37:28.068-07:00No Habeas at Bagram<br /> It ''ratifies a dangerous principle: that the U.S. government has unchecked power to capture people anywhere in the world, unilaterally declare them enemy combatants, and subject them to indefinite military detention with no judicial review,'' said Melissa Goodman, staff attorney...<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; white-space: normal; ' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-family: '-editor-proxy';' class='Apple-style-span'><span style='font-style: italic;' class='Apple-style-span'>It ''ratifies a dangerous principle: that the U.S. government has unchecked power to capture people anywhere in the world, unilaterally declare them enemy combatants, and subject them to indefinite military detention with no judicial review,'' said Melissa Goodman, staff attorney with the ACLU National Security Project.</span></span></span></span><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; white-space: pre;' class='Apple-style-span'><br/></span></div><div><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'>see</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre; ' class='Apple-style-span'> <a href='http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/21/us/politics/AP-US-Bagram-Detainees.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes'>Judges Rule Against Detainees at Afghan Base</a></span> </div><br/><br/><center><div style='width:100%;border:none;border-top:1px solid black;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-align:left;padding:3px;'><br /> <table style='font-size:9px;' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'>Published by </td><td><br /> <a href='http://www.xfruits.com'><img title='Published by xFruits' alt='Published by xFruits' border='0' src='http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/xfruits_logo_small.jpg'/></a></td></tr><br /> </table>Original source : <a style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9px;text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/no-habeas-at-bagram.html'>http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2010/05/no-habeas-at-ba...</a></div></center><br /> skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820788828235157703noreply@blogger.com0