Immunity, Impunity, and Insanity
Now we have it all.
George Bush [has] signed a law legalising the use of secret CIA prisons, harsh interrogation practices and military trials against suspected 'terrorists'.Topped off with audacity.
Bush called the Military Commissions Act of 2006 "one of the most important pieces of legislation in the war on terror" as he signed it into law at the White House on Tuesday.
The new law means Bush can continue a secret CIA programme for interrogating terrorism suspects.
The White House has refused to describe what interrogation techniques will be allowed or banned.
Bush said the law will also allow intelligence professionals to question suspects without fear of being sued by them later.
He said: "This bill spells out specific recognisable offences that would be considered crimes in the handling of detainees, so that our men and women who question captured terrorists can perform their duties to the fullest extent of the law."
"The men our intelligence officials believe orchestrated the murder of nearly 3,000 innocent people will face justice"
"It is a rare occasion when a president can sign a bill he knows will save American lives. I have that privilege this morning."
The bill authorises tough interrogation of terror suspects and allows the US government to immediately begin moving toward their prosecution before military commissions.
Bush signed the new legislation just six weeks after acknowledging that the CIA had been secretly interrogating suspected terrorists overseas and pressed Congress to quickly give authority to try them in military commissions.
"With the bill I'm about to sign, the men our intelligence officials believe orchestrated the murder of nearly 3,000 innocent people will face justice," Bush said, referring to the September 11 attacks.
He added that he had signed the bill in memory of the victims.
That scumbag just legalized torture in the name of victims who, in all likelihood, he and his cronies murdered.
I don't know how much more of this I can stand.
posted by qrswave @ Tuesday, October 17, 2006
2 Comments:
Naomi, YES - Israel uses DIME weapons.
Of all the disastrous things that have happened domestically, the MCA is by far the worst.
From here on, life in America will undergo very steep decline. There is no positive way to spin this.
This is the death knoll for active dissent - people will, rightly so, fear for their lives.
AMERICA IS A POLICE STATE.
Today, more than ever, I realize that Alex Jones made an eerily accurate prediction whe he named his site Prison Planet.
The USAPATRIOT Act allows you to be taken away for no publicly known reason. It is carefuly written to NOT exclude regular old American Citizens.
The Torture Bill allows yo to be tortured without means of legal retaliation. It is carefuly written to NOT exclude regular old American Citizens.
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