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...utter and complete failure of U.S. authorities to take any action to investigate high-level involvement in the torture program could not be clearer," says Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a U.S.-based non-profit helping to bring the legal action in Germany. He also notes that the Military Commissions Act, a law passed by Congress earlier this year, effectively blocks prosecution in the U.S. of those involved in detention and interrogation abuses of foreigners held abroad in American custody going to back to Sept. 11, 2001. As a result, Ratner contends, the legal arguments underlying...
...comparable to other representatives’ outside jobs. State representatives make $200 plus transportation costs per term, and District 26 incumbents are listed as real estate brokers and salesmen, among other occupations.Political issues that the 18-year-old highlights in his campaign include universal access to affordable healthcare, a clearer definition of and better funding for public education, and making New Hampshire more business- and investment-friendly.Mary Ellen Martin, a Democratic incumbent who has represented Nashua for 16 years, differentiated Gallichon from other students who have viewed public office as a résumé-booster. She says that...
Before 9/11, emergency preparation plans were “competent, but less formalized,” says Director of News and Public Affairs Joe Wrinn. Nowadays, though, he says the University’s official protocol is clearer and in writing...
...good old-fashioned bench-clearer, in order to defend your teammate or your pride, is a time-honored baseball tradition. Players like Billy Martin made a (good) reputation on being willing to mix it up on the diamond...
...Meanwhile, the party's sloppy management of the Foley problem - and it is clearer with each day that Foley's funky personal page outreach program has been known about for some time - has put a handful of safe Republican seats suddenly at risk. Seven days ago, the congressional seats of Foley, Speaker Hastert, Rep. John Shimkus and Rep. Thomas Reynolds were all in the safe column. Now Foley has resigned; Hastert looks to be next; and it is inevitable that Shimkus and Reynolds will have to spend more time talking about how they handled the Foley affair than either imagined...