Thanks Glenn. Baltasar Garcon is an under-appreciated international SUPER hero, but I think not the judge I'm looking for (who had said: "It should never be illegal to report the crimes of a country"). Here is some data from The Guardian on Garcon though:
"Baltasar Garzón, (is) the celebrated – and controversial – Spanish human rights investigator who, as the legal head of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, is considering a request for help from US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Garzón, now 57, is probably best known outside Spain for his spectacular coup in securing the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in 1998 in London, where the former Chilean military dictator had travelled for medical treatment. Pinochet was held for 18 months, but eventually released and allowed to return to Chile. Although Garzón ultimately failed to bring the ex-strongman to Spain to face charges of human rights violations for kidnapping and killing Spaniards in Chile, his attempt made headlines around the world. At home, his crusading reputation was made in the 80s and 90s taking on Spain's toughest corruption and drug rings. He not only went after the violent Basque separatists ETA – but also the government, which was accused of deploying death squads to take out the group's leading members. Garzón's judicial career in Spain was ended last year when he was banned from the bench for 11 years. The supreme court found him guilty of wiretapping conversations between defence lawyers and clients in a corruption probe involving the prime minister Mariano Rajoy's People's party. He had already been suspended since 2010 after a rightwing group accused him of violating a 1977 amnesty by reopening cases of alleged atrocities committed under the Franco dictatorship between 1936 and 1975." MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasar_Garz%C3%B3n Anyway, I'm interested in seeing the film, "We Steal Secrets", despite the fact that WikiLeaks Julian Assange and film director Alex Gibney had completely fallen out (I heard that the latter apparently claims that the former had asked for a million dollars as a fee). Rick On Oct 7, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Glenn moyer wrote: > Rick, > It sounds like Spanish judge, Baltasar Garcon, but I'm not sure. He was one > of the great investigative judges looking into the human rights crimes of > fascist regimes. Wall St took him down for that same belief and they will try > to destroy his contributions. > > I would be wary of "We Steal Secrets" As usual, the propaganda ministry of > the empire works tirelessly to confuse the befuddled middle class. The great > journalist, Julian Assange, did not participate. The collaboration of the > empire propaganda and hollywood has its roots in World War 1. > > Look how they lied about the murder of bin laden... What would bin laden > have exposed about the empire had he been captured???? > > Hope all is well in the upscale UC police district, > Glenn > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Conrad > Sent: Oct 7, 2013 1:28 AM > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: [UC] Important events / queries > > JavaFlix (an amazingly great program), will be showing a film, this coming > Saturday, called "We Steal Secrets" (which is a quote from an American > military spokesperson). It is a film about WikiLeaks by the acclaimed > documentarian Alex Gibney (the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: > The Smartest Guys in the Room and, most recently, the devastating exposé of > sexual predators in the Catholic church, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the > House of God). > > Less than half a year ago I had looked up some info... (and I had posted > about it on FaceBook), about an International Law Judge (fairly sure that he > was Scandinavian..?) who had recently said something like "It must never be > illegal to report the crimes of a country" ...but recently now, I've spent a > LONG time on Google trying to find ANYTHING about it and totally CANNOT. Of > course I have no easy access to my old FaceBook stuff... <sigh> > > I can't remember if the Judge had applied the legal observation directly to > the case of one of the various whistleblowers that was being imprisoned, > hounded, or prosecuted. Does anyone remember the Judge's actual title and > name, ...or maybe some more of the specific details?? > > For more info about JavaFlix and/or the event try: <Javaflix West Philly> on > FaceBook... > or send me an email and I could put you in touch with one of the coordinators > of JavaFlix. > > p.s. A little treat I got from a FaceBook friend: > > RECOVERY - ERROR MESSAGE: > - YOUR COUNTRY (AMERICA), > WAS RECENTLY NOT SHUT DOWN PROPERLY. > - WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOVER UNSAVED VALUES & RESTART YOUR COUNTRY > (RECOMMENDED). > - YOU CAN ELECT TO START IN IN SAFE MODE (AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE; LESS GUNS & > WARS) > - Y/N > >
