Chalk one up for the little guy! Will Ashcroft appeal?
Panel Rules Against Ashcroft in Detention Case
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: September 4, 2009
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft may face personal liability for the decisions that led to the detention of an American citizen as a material witness after the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday.
In the decision, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, was sharply critical of the Bush administration’s practice of holding people it suspected of terrorism without charges, as material witnesses.
“We find this to be repugnant to the Constitution, and a painful reminder of some of the most ignominious chapters of our national history,” said the opinion, written by Judge Milan D. Smith Jr.
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"Unless Mr. Ashcroft appeals the decision, the case will go back to federal district court for further hearings, which could involve extensive investigation of the former administration’s antiterrorism policies."
There's a movie out on DVD titled 'Rendition'. In the special features on the disc is the true-life story of a man who was captured (kidnapped) by the U.S. and taken overseas to one of those secret interrogations camps. What they did to this man is nothing less than torture, up to and including the cutting and mutilation of his private parts. It is not for the squeamish, but is a must-see for every American so the truth about the G.W. Bush Reich is known.
Meanwhile, GW and his daddy enjoy their lives, free of torture, free of responsibility for their actions, free of persecution.
The only thing in life that's fair is death. It happens to everyone.
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