The denials of the Bush admin. haven't been plausible
for years now.
Hal
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On Mar 27, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Roger Day wrote:
> I keep thinking that Tricky Dick hasn't died, that he's still haunting
> the white house. Which in a sense he is, as most of the current US
> administration served in the Nixon administration. Karl Rove to name
> but one. "Plausible deniability" seems to have become the guiding
> principle of the Bush govt.
>
> Also weaselly was Rumsfeld's attempts to re-define torture so that
> they wouldn't come with the Geneva conventions.
>
> Not that the Brits are any better: the British citizens that have gone
> through the Gitmo process report that members of the British Secret
> Services sat in on the torture sessions. Also, this govt aided and
> abetted the rendition process, not least by turning a blind eye to the
> transit of victims through the UK. I wonder if they did that in return
> for "intelligence"?
>
> Roger.
>
> On 3/27/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Worse yet is "rendition," the most cynical act I've
>> heard of since the days of Tricky Dick.
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > I can't even begin to describe my feelings at this
>> > defence of
>> > Guantanamo - a place outside due process and
>> > international law. To see
>> > torture defended, even implicitly, is sickening at a
>> > moral and
>> > emotional level.
>> >
>> > Roger
>> >
>> > On 3/27/07, King, Darren
>> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > > I am just wondering what coloured material you
>> > would use to make the
>> > > outfit to cover your entire body, which would be
>> > the law if the Taliban
>> > > and their soldier Mr. Hicks had gotten their way.
>> > You do realize that
>> > > under the government Hicks fought for, you would
>> > be going to jail for
>> > > the email you typed don't you?
>> > >
>> > > Darren
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
>> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> > > Behalf Of Alison Croggon
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2007 3:49 PM
>> > > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > > Subject: David Hicks
>> > >
>> > > So David Hicks has made a guilty plea (after the
>> > judge sacked most of
>> > > his defence counsel). Well, you can't blame the
>> > poor bastard. He was
>> > > going to be found guilty no matter what he said.
>> > >
>> > > Anyway, Getup! has a pretty cool video on "voting
>> > David out" - check it
>> > > out.
>> > > Maybe sign the petition.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > http://www.getup.org.au/campaign.asp?campaign_id=74
>> > >
>> > > All best
>> > >
>> > > Alison
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
>> > > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>> > > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
>> > >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>>
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