Sam, I'll worry about Clinton when he is back in power. Meanwhile, the guy who is.... well, I am sure his officials do say that. It's a prime example of the type of reporting discussed above. I am very willing to believe that they say that. But are they right? Are they lying? Who knows?
Dana On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:36:08 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > U.S. officials have privately described the threat of rendition as a > powerful tool in prying loose information from suspects who fear > torture by foreign countries. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15130-2005Mar7.html > > And Rush has reported on this: > > RUSH(January 6, 2005): Michael Ledeen, National Review Online, > contributing editor today, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise > Institute, has a piece today on these hearings and what they all mean, > but there's an interesting paragraph that I want to share with > you.(http://www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen200501060830.asp) He > says, "I doubt anyone in this administration is gonna point out that > the most controversial and ethically mention of all torture was > developed during the Clinton administration, in direct response to > orders that came directly from the White House." Rendition is what it > was called. I don't know what it is. I don't know what the > questionable ethically questionable method of torture was, but it was > called "rendition." It was a Clinton creation. "It was approved by > Clinton's lawyers with no apparent cries of pain either from the > justice department or from anybody else in the congressional oversight > community. Gonzales might quietly make that point if anybody yells at > him. It won't register with the Democrats but it might help the public > understand the real world a little bit better." > > > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:55:42 -0600, Dana wrote: > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149776 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
