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Lawyers for the American Civil
Liberties Union, acting on behalf
of 12 advocacy groups, have filed
suit in federal court in Denver
asking a judge to order municipal
authorities to make their security
measures for the Democratic
National Convention available to
the public in a timely manner.
The suit alleges that delays in
announcing parade routes,
schedules and locations of public
events, and proposed security
protocols are undermining efforts
to organize protests during the
convention. Spokesmen for some
public interest groups planning
events at the convention have
alleged that the City of Denver
and the Secret Service have
deliberately delayed finalizing their
plans in an effort to thwart
protests.
The plaintiffs say they are seeking
to avoid a repeat of events at the
2004 Democratic Convention in
Boston, where last minute
implementation effectively
prevented a meaningful legal
review of harsh security
measures. A federal court found
that the limited “protest zone”
set up in Boston infringed citizens’
First Amendment rights, but
noted that there wasn’t time for
a proper hearing on the issues, or
to carry out any resulting court
orders.
In a statement, ACLU legal
director Mark Silverstein said,
"We are asking the federal district
court in Denver to take
immediate steps to ensure that
what happened in Boston in 2004
will not be repeated in Denver
this summer." it's all true
Liberties Union, acting on behalf
of 12 advocacy groups, have filed
suit in federal court in Denver
asking a judge to order municipal
authorities to make their security
measures for the Democratic
National Convention available to
the public in a timely manner.
The suit alleges that delays in
announcing parade routes,
schedules and locations of public
events, and proposed security
protocols are undermining efforts
to organize protests during the
convention. Spokesmen for some
public interest groups planning
events at the convention have
alleged that the City of Denver
and the Secret Service have
deliberately delayed finalizing their
plans in an effort to thwart
protests.
The plaintiffs say they are seeking
to avoid a repeat of events at the
2004 Democratic Convention in
Boston, where last minute
implementation effectively
prevented a meaningful legal
review of harsh security
measures. A federal court found
that the limited “protest zone”
set up in Boston infringed citizens’
First Amendment rights, but
noted that there wasn’t time for
a proper hearing on the issues, or
to carry out any resulting court
orders.
In a statement, ACLU legal
director Mark Silverstein said,
"We are asking the federal district
court in Denver to take
immediate steps to ensure that
what happened in Boston in 2004
will not be repeated in Denver
this summer." it's all true
Blackwater Worldwide will not face
charges of corporate culpability in
connection with a botched September
operation in which 17 Iraqi civilians were
killed by employees of the private
security contractor. An investigation by
the Associated Press, citing
anonymous sources familiar with a
Justice Department probe of the
incident, reports that the inquiry is
focused on the actions of a handful of
individual Blackwater guards. According
to the report, the Justice Department
investigation will not be concluded
before the end of the summer.
The civilian deaths ignited a storm of
criticism of US reliance on private
security forces in both Iraq and
Afghanistan, highlighting the lack of legal
authority over the behavior of the
paramilitary forces. A 2004 declaration
charges of corporate culpability in
connection with a botched September
operation in which 17 Iraqi civilians were
killed by employees of the private
security contractor. An investigation by
the Associated Press, citing
anonymous sources familiar with a
Justice Department probe of the
incident, reports that the inquiry is
focused on the actions of a handful of
individual Blackwater guards. According
to the report, the Justice Department
investigation will not be concluded
before the end of the summer.
The civilian deaths ignited a storm of
criticism of US reliance on private
security forces in both Iraq and
Afghanistan, highlighting the lack of legal
authority over the behavior of the
paramilitary forces. A 2004 declaration
by the US-led Coalition Provision
Authority grants foreign security
contractors immunity from prosecution
in Iraqi courts. At the same time, some
legal experts doubt that the companies
or their employees can be tried in US
courts for crimes committed overseas.
The AP reports that Blackwater officials
have signaled their willingness to
cooperate with a limited Justice
Department probe. Company
spokesperson Anne Tyrrell said, “If it is
determined that there are any individuals
who need to be held accountable, we
support that.”
Despite numerous allegations of criminal
activity against Blackwater guards, the
State Department last month renewed
its contract with the company for
another year. it's all true
Authority grants foreign security
contractors immunity from prosecution
in Iraqi courts. At the same time, some
legal experts doubt that the companies
or their employees can be tried in US
courts for crimes committed overseas.
The AP reports that Blackwater officials
have signaled their willingness to
cooperate with a limited Justice
Department probe. Company
spokesperson Anne Tyrrell said, “If it is
determined that there are any individuals
who need to be held accountable, we
support that.”
Despite numerous allegations of criminal
activity against Blackwater guards, the
State Department last month renewed
its contract with the company for
another year. it's all true
Protesters Set To
Defy Convention
Defy Convention
Blackwater Security a Corps of Bad Apples
Evidence that the sharp spike in staple
food prices that has caused massive
disruptions to world markets is
increasingly impacting US consumers
continues to accumulate, with
unprecedented numbers of Americans
accessing assistance programs and food
stamp enrollment at record levels.
International criticism of the diversion of
food crops to biofuels such as corn-
based ethanol has forced Congress to
reconsider recent initiatives adopted to
encourage the expansion of ethanol
production. The Bush administration has
attempted to quell a controversy over
remarks by the president that appeared
to blame high food prices on rising
demand in the developing world, in an
incident that underscored an increasing
international willingness to point to
excessive US consumption as a direct
cause of privation in other countries.
food prices that has caused massive
disruptions to world markets is
increasingly impacting US consumers
continues to accumulate, with
unprecedented numbers of Americans
accessing assistance programs and food
stamp enrollment at record levels.
International criticism of the diversion of
food crops to biofuels such as corn-
based ethanol has forced Congress to
reconsider recent initiatives adopted to
encourage the expansion of ethanol
production. The Bush administration has
attempted to quell a controversy over
remarks by the president that appeared
to blame high food prices on rising
demand in the developing world, in an
incident that underscored an increasing
international willingness to point to
excessive US consumption as a direct
cause of privation in other countries.
Federal statistics indicate that some 28
million Americans, about 10 percent of
the population, will use food stamps in
the next fiscal year, the highest
enrollment ever except for a surge
following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Officials note that many new recipients
of food stamps are full-time workers
whose low wages leave them eligible for
the program. Food stamp benefits
average about $100 per month nationally.
Officials at the United Nations and the
World Bank have publicly urged the US
to consider the impact that its biofuels
policies will have on the world’s poor.
Last week, UN economic adviser Jeffrey
Sachs told reporters, “In the United
States as much as one third of the maize
crop this year will go into the gas tank.
This is a huge blow to the world food
supply.” World Bank president Robert
million Americans, about 10 percent of
the population, will use food stamps in
the next fiscal year, the highest
enrollment ever except for a surge
following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Officials note that many new recipients
of food stamps are full-time workers
whose low wages leave them eligible for
the program. Food stamp benefits
average about $100 per month nationally.
Officials at the United Nations and the
World Bank have publicly urged the US
to consider the impact that its biofuels
policies will have on the world’s poor.
Last week, UN economic adviser Jeffrey
Sachs told reporters, “In the United
States as much as one third of the maize
crop this year will go into the gas tank.
This is a huge blow to the world food
supply.” World Bank president Robert
Zoellick told a conference in Mexico
City that the US should assess its
policy in the context of “the overall
set of humanitarian issues in terms of
the price of food products.”
President Bush’s attempt to explain
the rise in food prices solely in terms
of growing demand in emerging
economies generated resentment
across the developing world, where
the remarks were widely reported.
Business leaders and government
officials were quick to point out that
US energy policies and consumption
habits have global ramifications. Food
policy experts note that while
economies in India and China have
been growing exponentially for
decades, the surge in commodity
prices is a recent, market-driven
phenomenon. it's all true
City that the US should assess its
policy in the context of “the overall
set of humanitarian issues in terms of
the price of food products.”
President Bush’s attempt to explain
the rise in food prices solely in terms
of growing demand in emerging
economies generated resentment
across the developing world, where
the remarks were widely reported.
Business leaders and government
officials were quick to point out that
US energy policies and consumption
habits have global ramifications. Food
policy experts note that while
economies in India and China have
been growing exponentially for
decades, the surge in commodity
prices is a recent, market-driven
phenomenon. it's all true
"Opening up ANWR is not
long term, it's intermediate
term…I firmly believe that,
you know, if there was a
magic wand to wave, I'd be
waving it, of course...
long term, it's intermediate
term…I firmly believe that,
you know, if there was a
magic wand to wave, I'd be
waving it, of course...
verbatim number 29.5
...I think that if there
was a magic wand, and
say, okay, drop price,
I'd do that."
Washington DC 04.29.08
was a magic wand, and
say, okay, drop price,
I'd do that."
Washington DC 04.29.08
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US Pantry Stocked With Delusion of Profusion, Presumption of Consumption
Two recently released studies show
that minorities have been targeted
for arrest at a glaringly
disproportional rate since the
inception of the so-called ‘war on
drugs’. The reports, from Human
Rights Watch and the Sentencing
Project, reveal that African
Americans are arrested for drug
related crimes more often than
whites and they are more likely to be
sent to prison than whites.
The report from Human Rights
Watch found that in 34 states, "a
black man is 11.8 times more likely
than a white man to be sent to
prison on drug charges." The
researchers found that in 16 states
African Americans are sent to prison
for drug crimes at rates that are 10
to 42 times higher than whites. The
second report, released by the
Sentencing Project, reveals that
between 1980 and 2003, drug
arrests for blacks in the nation’s
largest cities increased by 225
percent while the arrest of whites for
drug crimes rose only 70 percent.
In 11 of the nations largest cities,
“black drug arrests rose by more
than 500 percent” over the same
time period. it's all true
that minorities have been targeted
for arrest at a glaringly
disproportional rate since the
inception of the so-called ‘war on
drugs’. The reports, from Human
Rights Watch and the Sentencing
Project, reveal that African
Americans are arrested for drug
related crimes more often than
whites and they are more likely to be
sent to prison than whites.
The report from Human Rights
Watch found that in 34 states, "a
black man is 11.8 times more likely
than a white man to be sent to
prison on drug charges." The
researchers found that in 16 states
African Americans are sent to prison
for drug crimes at rates that are 10
to 42 times higher than whites. The
second report, released by the
Sentencing Project, reveals that
between 1980 and 2003, drug
arrests for blacks in the nation’s
largest cities increased by 225
percent while the arrest of whites for
drug crimes rose only 70 percent.
In 11 of the nations largest cities,
“black drug arrests rose by more
than 500 percent” over the same
time period. it's all true
CIA and Pentagon Waged a Different Kind of War on Drugs
Allegations that detainees held by the US
military at the detention center in
Guantanamo Bay Cuba and at black-site
prison camps scattered across the globe
were not only subjected to torture, but
also given mind altering drugs by CIA
interrogators have resurfaced following
the publication of White House
memoranda that discuss the use of
torture during interrogations of terror
suspects.
The Washington Post reported that “at
least two dozen” detainees have
reported in interviews and in court
documents that they were forcibly given
unknown drugs or that they witnessed
interrogators injecting other detainees
military at the detention center in
Guantanamo Bay Cuba and at black-site
prison camps scattered across the globe
were not only subjected to torture, but
also given mind altering drugs by CIA
interrogators have resurfaced following
the publication of White House
memoranda that discuss the use of
torture during interrogations of terror
suspects.
The Washington Post reported that “at
least two dozen” detainees have
reported in interviews and in court
documents that they were forcibly given
unknown drugs or that they witnessed
interrogators injecting other detainees
with drugs prior to interrogation
sessions. Detainees held by the US have
reported that the effects of these
unknown drugs ranged from sedation to
nausea, with some detainees describing
that the drugs they were given left them
in a trance-like state and caused them to
experience hallucinations.
Although the CIA and the Pentagon
have vigorously denied the claims of
detainees who previously reported that
interrogators forcibly administered
unknown mind-altering drugs as an
aspect of the interrogation process, the
release of the now infamous “White
House Torture memos”, which provided
a legal justification for using drugs during
sessions. Detainees held by the US have
reported that the effects of these
unknown drugs ranged from sedation to
nausea, with some detainees describing
that the drugs they were given left them
in a trance-like state and caused them to
experience hallucinations.
Although the CIA and the Pentagon
have vigorously denied the claims of
detainees who previously reported that
interrogators forcibly administered
unknown mind-altering drugs as an
aspect of the interrogation process, the
release of the now infamous “White
House Torture memos”, which provided
a legal justification for using drugs during
interrogations, has lent credibility to
the detainee’s allegations. White
House counsel, John Yoo, provided a
legal argument for the Bush
administration that held that US
interrogators could use “mind
altering substances” to enhance
interrogations, a practice long banned
by both international and US law, so
long as the drugs effects on detainees
was not permanent or “profound”
The president of Physicians for
Human Rights, Leonard Rubenstein
demanded an official investigation
saying,“The use of drugs as a form
of restraint of prisoners is both
unlawful and unethical." it's all true
the detainee’s allegations. White
House counsel, John Yoo, provided a
legal argument for the Bush
administration that held that US
interrogators could use “mind
altering substances” to enhance
interrogations, a practice long banned
by both international and US law, so
long as the drugs effects on detainees
was not permanent or “profound”
The president of Physicians for
Human Rights, Leonard Rubenstein
demanded an official investigation
saying,“The use of drugs as a form
of restraint of prisoners is both
unlawful and unethical." it's all true
Discrimination
Documented in
Drug Prosecutions
Documented in
Drug Prosecutions
Investigative targets of republican
appointed US Attorneys in two southern
states have reported that they are
victims of suspicious robberies and other
acts of intimidation. An investigative
piece by rawstory.com pulls together
the several incidents, suggesting a
pattern of criminal acts all carried out
against defendants and other witnesses
and whistle blowers associated with the
what the defendants consider to be
politically motivated prosecutions. The
crime are suspicious because, unlike
most burglaries, the thieves who broke
into homes and offices in the incidents
took nothing of value, they rummaged
through and stole files and documents.
There were ten separate incidents
related to three different US Attorney
prosecutions, which included two acts of
arson and a threatening incident with an
automobile.
Incidents related to the high profile
case involving the former Governor of
Alabama, Don Siegelman include two
separate break-ins at his home. The
Siegelman’s reported that no jewelry or
stereo equipment was taken, but the
thieves had apparently rifled through the
files in Siegelman’s home office. The
break-ins occurred during the summer
that Siegelman was indicted. Later, an
attorney who worked on Siegelman’s
appeal, Susan James, reported that her
office was ransacked. The thieves stole
appointed US Attorneys in two southern
states have reported that they are
victims of suspicious robberies and other
acts of intimidation. An investigative
piece by rawstory.com pulls together
the several incidents, suggesting a
pattern of criminal acts all carried out
against defendants and other witnesses
and whistle blowers associated with the
what the defendants consider to be
politically motivated prosecutions. The
crime are suspicious because, unlike
most burglaries, the thieves who broke
into homes and offices in the incidents
took nothing of value, they rummaged
through and stole files and documents.
There were ten separate incidents
related to three different US Attorney
prosecutions, which included two acts of
arson and a threatening incident with an
automobile.
Incidents related to the high profile
case involving the former Governor of
Alabama, Don Siegelman include two
separate break-ins at his home. The
Siegelman’s reported that no jewelry or
stereo equipment was taken, but the
thieves had apparently rifled through the
files in Siegelman’s home office. The
break-ins occurred during the summer
that Siegelman was indicted. Later, an
attorney who worked on Siegelman’s
appeal, Susan James, reported that her
office was ransacked. The thieves stole
nothing of value, but James told raw
story.com, “They went through our
client files.” A republican attorney who
came forward to testify in support of
Siegelman reported that there was a
suspicious fire at her home and that she
was forced off the road while she was
driving by another vehicle. The events
happened within a two-week period.
A defendant in another case that was
prosecuted by the Alabama US
Attorney’s office, John Goff, reported
that his office was vandalized at the time
that he was being prosecuted. Goff also
believes that he was prosecuted for
political reasons.
The raw story.com also reports on
incidents related to the allegedly political
prosecution of an attorney and three
judges in Mississippi. Justice Oliver E.
Diaz, who sits on the Mississippi
Supreme Court, is one of the victims
who reports that his home was
burglarized while his family was out of
town and, in the pattern of the incidents
in Alabama, nothing of value was taken.
Raw story.com said “These crimes raise
serious questions about the possible use
of deliberate intimidation tactics.” The
victims of the crimes have called for an
investigation by authorities into the
pattern of suspicious burglaries and acts
of arson. it's all true
story.com, “They went through our
client files.” A republican attorney who
came forward to testify in support of
Siegelman reported that there was a
suspicious fire at her home and that she
was forced off the road while she was
driving by another vehicle. The events
happened within a two-week period.
A defendant in another case that was
prosecuted by the Alabama US
Attorney’s office, John Goff, reported
that his office was vandalized at the time
that he was being prosecuted. Goff also
believes that he was prosecuted for
political reasons.
The raw story.com also reports on
incidents related to the allegedly political
prosecution of an attorney and three
judges in Mississippi. Justice Oliver E.
Diaz, who sits on the Mississippi
Supreme Court, is one of the victims
who reports that his home was
burglarized while his family was out of
town and, in the pattern of the incidents
in Alabama, nothing of value was taken.
Raw story.com said “These crimes raise
serious questions about the possible use
of deliberate intimidation tactics.” The
victims of the crimes have called for an
investigation by authorities into the
pattern of suspicious burglaries and acts
of arson. it's all true
Suspicious Pattern Tied to US Attorney Investigations