Quote of the Day: Ari Melber
"Just before its implosion last November, the Republican Congress passed the Military Commissions Act (MCA), one of the worst legislative setbacks to human rights policy since World War II."
"The law dilutes restrictions against torture; provides new immunity for war criminals; eliminates habeas corpus, the sacrosanct right to go to court and challenge government detention, for US residents; and authorizes rigged military trials for people captured on and off the battlefield, without any oversight by American courts."
"But the public barely noticed because Congress approved the sweeping legislation with no hearings in a seven-day rush before the midterm elections."
- Ari Melber, writing in The Nation.
posted by Fergie @ 1/17/2007 02:23:00 PM
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