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...town for several hours. In the end, the government arrested all 23 as members of the directorate of Batasuna, the political arm of ETA, the armed group that seeks to separate the Basque provinces from the Kingdom of Spain. The action against Batasuna was ordered by Judge Baltasar Garzon who is investigating the links between ETA and Batasuna. It was those same allegedly links that got Batasuna banned as a political party...
...problem lies in implementation of these laws, Garzon said. “We do not have an effectiveness of even 30 percent of what can be achieved, because we have not interpreted and applied the laws that already exist...
...response to a question from the audience, Garzon said that he did not support Spain’s participation in the war in Iraq, and that he believed that the war was illegal and unsupported by evidence. He also said that the American detention of al Qaeda prisoners in Guantanamo Bay was illegal. “They are deprived of basic human rights. Systematic interrogation without legal counsel, isolation, and prolonged arrest without cause are all illegal...
...main focus, however, was improved coordination among countries investigating terrorism. “Intelligence is there for the benefit of man, not to hinder him,” Garzon said...
...Given his political background, it wasn’t unexpected,” said Daniel J. Epstein, a graduate student in political science. Garzon served from 1993 to 1994 as a member of the Socialist Party in the lower house of the Spanish Cortes—the national legislature in Spain...