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Monday, February 28, 2005
U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty, who is representing the government in the Abu Ali case (the case in which U.S. officials kept U.S. citizen Abu Ali in a Saudi jail for 20 months), should be given a special federal medal for audaciousness. Responding to Abu Ali’s claims of torture, McNulty stated in official court pleadings in federal court:
"The consul at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, an employee of the Department of State, met personally with the defendant on several occasions during his detention in Saudi Arabia. On no occasion did the defendant complain of any physical or psychological mistreatment. To the contrary, the defendant advised the consul that he was being well treated. Not until his initial appearance, with members of the news media present, did the defendant claim he had been physically mistreated while in Saudi custody.”
Monday, January 31, 2005
While President Bush and the Pentagon continue their march around the world establishing “democracy” through military invasions and occupations, Americans would be wise to focus on democracy at home.
For example, yesterday’s New York Times reports that the CIA, which consists of secret, unelected bureaucrats whose power is virtually omnipotent, is refusing to comply with a congressional law mandating the disclosure of CIA partnerships with Nazi officials after the end of World War II.
Perhaps I have a mistaken view of democracy, but isn’t it supposed to be the people, through their elected representatives, who decide whether U.S. agency files are going to be opened for inspection by the American people? Why should CIA officials, none of whom ever faced election by the American people, have the power to tell the people’s elected representatives, “Buzz off if ...
Monday, January 31, 2005
While President Bush and the Pentagon continue their march around the world establishing “democracy” through military invasions and occupations, Americans would be wise to focus on democracy at home.
For example, yesterday’s New York Times reports that the CIA, which consists of secret, unelected bureaucrats whose power is virtually omnipotent, is refusing to comply with a congressional law mandating the disclosure of CIA partnerships with Nazi officials after the end of World War II.
Perhaps I have a mistaken view of democracy, but isn’t it supposed to be the people, through their elected representatives, who decide whether U.S. agency files are going to be opened for inspection by the American people? Why should CIA officials, none of whom ever faced election by the American people, have the power to tell the people’s elected representatives, “Buzz off if ...
