Seriously Sam, can you defend this stuff? Dana
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/11076647.htm Posted on Tue, Mar. 08, 2005 Gonzales defends transfers in terror cases By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said yesterday that before the United States hands over terror suspects to foreign governments, it receives assurances they won't be tortured. He acknowledged that once a transfer occurs, the United States has little control. The Bush administration's program to send foreigners to other countries - known as "extraordinary rendition" - has been denounced by human-rights advocates. They say it amounts to outsourcing torture to elicit information that could not be obtained legally in America. Gonzales defended the program and reiterated that the Bush administration did not condone torture. "Our policy is not to render people to countries where we believe or we know that they're going to be tortured," he said in an interview with the Associated Press and other news services. White House counselor Dan Bartlett offered a similar defense of U.S. policy Sunday. "We will not torture here in America and we will not export torture," Bartlett said on CNN. "That is unacceptable to this president." The attorney general said the State Department and the CIA obtain assurances that people will be humanely treated. In the case of countries with a history of abusing prisoners, the United States "would, I would think in most cases, look for additional assurances that that conduct won't be repeated." It is not known how many suspects have been sent to other countries. At least three people have asserted publicly that the United States shipped them to foreign prisons where they say they were mistreated and eventually released without being charged with a crime. Gonzales, who previously served as White House counsel, also defended the continued detention of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen, as an enemy combatant. Held since May 2002, Padilla has not been charged with a crime, although U.S. officials have said he planned attacks in this country. A federal judge last week ordered the administration to release Padilla or charge him. Gonzales has said the administration will appeal the ruling. "This American citizen has had the right of access to our courts to challenge his detention," Gonzales said. > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:19:59 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me get this straight, if there's not enough negative news about > > Bush than the whole system is corrupt? > > > > Sounds like you are suffering from GG syndrome: > > "It's getting to the point that many Americans I talk to don't want to > > think openly - they develop a world view, find a commentary source > > descibes global events through that lens, and then refuse to hear > > anything else." > > > > Maybe the major media got caught making up stuff about Bush and had to > > stop. Dan Rather ring a bell? > > > > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:32:04 -0600, Dana wrote: > > > > > I also agree that actual impartial journalism is next to non-existent > > > anymore and where it does it is perverted. For instance, reporting > > > that President Bush says x y or z is objectively true especially if he > > > statement is alro released as a transcript. But what if what the > > > president says is not true or is misleading? More and more it seems > > > that this is addressed only in analysis that appear only on the oped > > > pages or buried deep in the news sections of the better papers. I > > > think that part of this is that news organizations are afraid of > > > losing access to press briefings so they confine themselves to the > > > strictly true "so and so today said" type of reporting. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149768 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
