UK judges accuse Obama Administration of suppressing torture claim
UK judges accuse Obama Administration of suppressing torture claim
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5661291.ece
The US has threatened to withhold intelligence from the UK if evidence of the alleged torture of a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay is made public.
Details of how the “terrorist” detainee was allegedly tortured — and what UK intelligence services knew about it — must remain secret because of the American threats, the High Court ruled yesterday.
Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones said lawyers for the Foreign Secretary had told them that the threat by the US still applied under President Obama. Oppostion MPs accused the Government of giving in to blackmail.
The disclosure that the US has threatened to re-evaluate sharing intelligence with Britain came only 24 hours after Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, lavished praise on the special relationship between the two countries.
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Noting that it is contrary to the rule of law not to release the evidence, the judges said that it must remain secret otherwise “the public of the United Kingdom would be put at risk”.
AP Story - Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_re_us/attacks_health
Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later
By AMY WESTFELDT, Associated Press Writer, February 4, 2009
NEW YORK – Researchers tracking Sept. 11 responders who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site found many had lung problems years later in a study the authors said proves persistent illness in people exposed to toxic dust caused by the twin towers' collapse.
The study by the Mount Sinai Medical Center's medical monitoring program examined more than 3,000 responders between 2004 and 2007, repeating exams conducted between the middle of 2002 and 2004.
Slightly more than 24 percent of the patients had abnormal lung function, the study found. In the earlier examinations, about 28 percent of the patients had similar results.
"We know people we are following are still sick. It's confirming what we've been seeing clinically," said Dr. Jacqueline M. Moline, who treats ailing responders and co-authored the study.
The United States Has a New Attorney General
"Eric H. Holder Jr. was sworn in as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States on February 3, 2009 by Vice-President Joe Biden." -US Department of Justice website
Office of the Attorney General - 202-353-1555
E-mails to the Department of Justice, including the Attorney General, may be sent to AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Attorney General Eric H. Holder
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Ladies and Gentlemen,
With each change of personnel, there is the chance -- however slight -- that the new appointee will NOT be okay with high treason perpetrated by the former regime.
It is incumbent upon us to contact and to inform the new Attorney General of the facts of the case in the simplest, most easily digestible terms. This is not a place for conspiracy theories, claims that cannot be proven, or sloppy language.
It is a place for simple, straightforward facts that indicate wrongdoing on the part of Bush et al.
Propaganda Rue: France's "Rue 89" Kisses Neocon Ass
From "altheos";
A famous French news website, Rue 89, has produced a so-called
investigation of 911, with the help of the first school of journalism in
France, the CFJ.
Under the direction of Guillaume Dasquié, a well-known journalist
specialized in intelligence affairs and a debunker of 911 alternative
theories , more than thirty young students have "worked" during
four days only to put on line a definitive answer to the "conspiracy
theorists"...
"The War on Terror is a Hoax" by Paul Craig Roberts - ICH
By Paul Craig Roberts
February 04, 2009 "Information Clearinghouse" -- According to US government propaganda, terrorist cells are spread throughout America, making it necessary for the government to spy on all Americans and violate most other constitutional protections. Among President Bush’s last words as he left office was the warning that America would soon be struck again by Muslim terrorists.
If America were infected with terrorists, we would not need the government to tell us. We would know it from events. As there are no events, the US government substitutes warnings in order to keep alive the fear that causes the public to accept pointless wars, the infringement of civil liberty, national ID cards, and inconveniences and harassments when they fly.
The most obvious indication that there are no terrorist cells is that not a single neocon has been assassinated.
I do not approve of assassinations, and am ashamed of my country’s government for engaging in political assassination. The US and Israel have set a very bad example for al Qaeda to follow.
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PBS "NOVA: Inside The Spy Factory" comment forum is now open!
(You can watch the documentary here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spyfactory/program.html )
In case anyone didn't already know, PBS broadcast a very slick and almost unbelievable hour long attempt to reinforce the "incompetence theory" of 9/11.
Comments are now open and registration is pretty straightforward.
Kyle Hence has made a good start, let's give him plenty of support!
Go to:
http://discussions.pbs.org/viewforum.pbs?f=257
I think we should also demand an hour to correct the record, email the ombudsman at PBS, Michael Getler, at:
http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/feedback.html
or call him at:
703-739-5290
Be civil, have your facts in order and keep it short and to the point.
Let's let PBS know that we are watching, brothers and sisters, and that we don't buy the BIG LIE.
Cheers!
The truth shall set us free. Love is the only way forward.
Encourage Lawyers to Join Lawyers for 9/11 Truth
People are encouraged to send the following open letter to every lawyer in America, supplied by L911T.com;
Dear Counsel,
As an attorney, you know how important the Constitution and the rule of law is. We've just suffered through years of attack on the system of laws and justice in which we practice.
Many lawyers are concerned about presidential signing statements, spying on American citizens, torture, and other challenges to American law and international conventions... As attorneys, we are not swayed quite so much as some people by ungrounded emotions. We have expertise in analyzing competing claims, weighing conflicting evidence, and reaching logical decisions about what really happened. Moreover, as lawyers, we know that people sometimes cover up and attempt to hide incompetence, recklessness, or crime.
We have all heard people say that "everything changed on 9/11", as if that were an excuse to disregard the Constitution as a "quaint", outdated document. Not many American attorneys believe that.
KILLING MORE OF THEM - a short film about reporting war crimes to the Police
A short film by Dean Puckett about Chris Coverdale from Make Wars History and reporting war crimes to the police.
Report war crimes at your local police station. Download the crime report and take it with you*
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*After you've READ, UNDERSTOOD, and DIGESTED it
Let us know how you get on: office@makewarshistory.org.uk
Read the Frequently Asked Questions (when reporting war crimes to the police)
http://www.makewarshistory.org.uk/index/frequently-asked-questions.html
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http://www.makewarshistory.org.uk/index/about-the-campaign.html
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How the video data implies a Controlled Demolition of WTC 1.
There have been at least 3 presentations of evidence that show the simple NIST/BAZANT model of the collapse of the WTC Towers does not fit with the video data, nor does it obey Newton's Third Law.
We tested two simplified Models of a controlled demolition in WTC1 and compared the Models with the video evidence.
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Observations of WTC1 Collapse, the NIST/BAZANT model and 2 Particulate Mass Models.
I'd welcome your thoughts and comments.