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...York Times, interviewed Pete Jeffries, the communications director for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, on the House’s support for Bush’s rendition program. According to Jeffries, Speaker Hastert “believes that suspected terrorists should be sent back to their home countries?? because “U.S. taxpayers should not necessarily be on the hook for their judicial and incarceration costs.” Herbert was flabbergasted by the utter ignorance and moral bankruptcy that Jeffries’ response reflects, as should anyone who is reasonably informed on the issue...
...passing the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act, the U.S. has denied terror detainees, most notably at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, both rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the protections of International Humanitarian Law guaranteed by the Geneva Conventions. The difference between these countries?? provisions is, at once, simple and frightening: while the British made an exception that allowed them to hold prisoners indefinitely, the U.S. further denied those indefinitely-held prisoners basic rights, resulting in today’s emerging horror stories of gruesome prisoner abuse...
...signing of the EU constitutional treaty—which still must be ratified by all 25 member countries??Berlusconi was forced to withdraw Rocco Buttiglione, his appointee to the European Commission (the executive body meant to guide the EU) amidst threats from the European Parliament (the main legislative body) to veto the entire incoming Commission. Buttiglione, a minister in the Berlusconi government who has close ties to the Catholic Church, had expressed conservative personal views about homosexuality, describing it as “a sin,” as well as about women’s role...
...shove, they’d be there with us.” Now the Washington Times reports that four of the five ambassadors on the Security Council who could be reached for comment had never met the senator and that “no one who worked for their countries?? U.N. missions had met with Mr. Kerry either...
...clear. We want trade. We want lots of trade with other countries??robust trade,” Granholm said. “But we want it to be fair trade. John Kerry will fight to enforce our trade agreements...