Hi there, As threatened, did look these people up and don't find much to support you rpoint of view, unless it is the chicago seven trial? If so I don't remember the detail, frankly. But looking at this from wikipedia --
In 1972, United States v. United States District Court the Court unanimously declared that engaging in domestic electronic surveillance without a warrant is unconstitutional. *The 1979 decision in Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, using the then-obscure Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) of 1789, opened the U.S. courts for victims of human rights crimes to bring suit against perpetrators from anywhere. *By working through the courts with the government of the Philippines, CCR achieved a ruling to allow the potentially illegal assets of Ferdinand Marcos to be frozen until a court could adjudiciate the case in Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos. *In 1999, continuing a series of clashes with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, CCR secured the release of Hany Kiareldeen in a precedent-setting case on the use of secret evidence in deportation trials. it looks to me like they are against dictators and secret evidence, which I would consider to be A Good Thing. A couple of other notes -- it seems that this is some sort of process akin to an amicus curea (sp?) brief and there are about thirty organizations involved in making the allegations. But no, he is not "charged" in the sense that the German state is currently thinking about trying him, as my post implied ansd as I thought yesterday. But I don't find the concept asinine, at all. Is there any basis for saying that it is, other than that this is our side and so must necessarily be the good guys? Dana On 11/14/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > perhaps. I'm in the lab and can't look right now. But they are the > only people willing to advocate for those people so I give them some > credit. I'll take a look later though > > On 11/14/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nope. That is probably pretty sane. > > > > But _that_ group doesn't qualify. > > > > From what I've read, they make amnesty international seem like > > cautious churchmice. > > > > > > On 11/14/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > do you think you have to be a nutjob to believe that torture took > > > place at abu ghraib? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220757 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
