"Unless someone like you, cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -From The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Chris Dodd is introducing legislation that would restore Habeas Corpus and redefine who an enemy combatant is. The legislation is co-sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Russ Feingold, and Sen. Robert Menedez. Here is Sen. Dodd discussing the bill...
Labels: Chris Dodd, Dodd, Habeas Corpus, Russ Feingold
From a July 2002 memo from the military's Joint Personnel Recovery Agency...
The unintended consequence of a U.S. policy that provides for the torture of prisoners is that it could be used by our adversaries as justification for the torture of captured U.S. personnel.Posted April 25, 2009.
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Good one on Dodd. Torture in unacceptable.
In other news, Obama is back in Iowa this Wed Feb 21 for a townhall meeting.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070217/NEWS/70217004/1001/OBITUARIES01
there is a growing grassroots movement to restore habeas corpus and repeal the military commissions act
join the project at:
projecthamad.org
also watch the youtube video there, Guantanamo Unclassified, that Adel Hamad's lawyers released, and the blog post by Brandon Mayfield, the lawyer wrongfully incarcerated for the Madrid bombings, who is challenging the Patriot Act in court
Attention Comrades,
We've been protesting the MCA longer than Dodd!
Please visit http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com to learn more.
Or watch our video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOq5yHDkQgY
Regards,
O'Brien
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