Thursday, June 10, 2004
This guy is the country's highest government legal advocate?!
Images courtesy New York Times
Appearing before a Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Attorney General John Ashcroft said President Bush "made no order that would require or direct the violation" of either international treaties or domestic laws prohibiting torture but refused to provide several of the memos arguing they amounted to confidential legal advice given to the president and did not have to be shared with Congress. WTF? (New York Times)
Meanwhile, Jose Padilla still can't get his day in court even though scientists say the 'dirty bomb' he's been accused of wanting to detonate would have been harmless. (Chicago Sun-Times)
So now, despite government and agency denials for almost three years, it's finally been confirmed by Tampa International Airport officials that Saudis were flying out of the country right after 9/11 when Americans and others couldn't. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Yvonne Bynoe on Hip Hop as a Political Tool. (Alternet)
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