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...written into the rules when they are finalized in mid-February. Likewise, many fiances and gay partners will be at the mercy of Feinberg's discretion in seeking awards. Before finding out exactly what they will get - and the rules are complex - families will have to agree never to sue anyone for the attacks. "Normally, that would be a difficult call," says Feinberg. "Not here. The right to sue in this case is simply not a reasonable alternative...
...That's because Congress has capped the liability of the airlines, the airport owners, the aircraft manufacturers, the towers' landlord and the city of New York. In the name of the economy, the government severely restricted the victims' rights to sue - whether they join the fund or not. It is this lack of a viable option, even if they would not take it, that galls many families...
Cheney should release those lists immediately to aid the GAO’s investigation, and we support the GAO’s determination to obtain those lists, even if it must sue the White House and the Vice President. Congress is constitutionally responsible for overseeing the executive’s activities, and a collapse of the magnitude of Enron’s is a clear justification for a GAO investigation...
...Died," takes the logic of punishing everyone who's ever given money to terrorists ("Let's start with Ronald Reagan," he writes) to its absurd extreme - eliminate everyone who's ever bought a tank of gas or used a light switch. Other contributions by the likes of Tom Tomorrow, Sue Coe and Spain Rodriguez give form to topics ignored by the other 9/11 books such as the curtailing of freedoms and the geo-political history of the United State's involvement in Afghanistan. Some of it may be overstated, but it feels right to have it out there...
...FRANCE Motion Denied The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg declined to hear the case of six Yugoslavs who wish to sue NATO. The plaintiffs, five of whom lost relatives in the NATO bombing of Radio Television Serbia's studios in April 1999, charged that the alliance violated the right to life and freedom of expression guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. But the judges said in a unanimous decision that because Yugoslavia is not a member of the Council of Europe, the case is outside the court's jurisdiction...