Remember the Freep is going away from dead tree, too

I hereby deny and repute this vicious rumor

I am NOT going away from dead trees

I jes spent two weeks cuttin, choppin, an stackin a dead tree, in a very tedious and worshipful way, with the firm intention of giving it a proper burial burnin

I got a 900 pound stump that I intend to convert into a pagan idol

an I make some pretty cool chess sets outta dead wood

I spend so much time with dead wood that I could be a fookin forest gnome or sometin

I never walked away from a piece of dead wood in my life

jes wanted to be clear bout that

I killed half the rain forest jes cuz I like dead wood that much …

(wink)

an don’t call call me “the freep” too

(duckin & runnin)

so technically, I’m still perfect

(bows)

yes I am

If you don’t vote, you can’t bitch

an since I voted twice, I get to bitch twice as much, right ???

(duckin an runnin)

everybody checks the “Penny Saver” for something; coupons, the local grocer’s ad, personal ads, lost and found

the Penny Saver has everything the local dead tree rag has, except for all the repuglitarded propaganda and BULLSHIT

and the Penny Saver is delivered thru the mail, FREE to every house and business that has an address

so there’s yer answer right there

cut out the propaganda outlets and hire the shopper news

Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts
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On Monday, a federal court of appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against US officials for their role in sending him to Syria to be tortured. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of extraordinary rendition cannot sue Washington for torture suffered overseas, because Congress has not authorized such lawsuits. In 2002, Syrian-born Maher Arar was held in New York on his way back to Canada from a family vacation in Tunisia. A subsequent Canadian public inquiry has shown Arar was held on erroneous advice from Canadian officials who accused him of ties to Islamic militants. US authorities then flew Arar to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured for a year. Canadian authorities exonerated Arar in 2007, apologized for their role in his torture, and awarded him a multi-million-dollar settlement. [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/3/appeals_court_rules_in_maher_arar

From the BLT – Former OLC Chief OK With Criminal Inquiry

A former acting chief of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said today he is “not opposed” to a criminal investigation of the office, which was at the center of the Bush administration’s internal debate about torture.

Daniel Levin’s comments were unusual because other former Republican appointees have opposed additional investigations in the Office of Legal Counsel…

And from Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch Obtains New CIA Documents on Terrorist Interrogations

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained new documents from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding the results of the detainee interrogation program. The documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed on July 14, 2009, include two new versions of a report previously released to Judicial Watch in August, entitled, “Detainee Reporting Pivotal for the War Against Al-Qa’ida.”

These new reports, dated June 1, 2005 (20 page PDF) and July 12, 2005 (14 page PDF), contain some different information than the previously released report, dated June 3, 2005. Notably, the June 1, 2005 report concludes that “Detainee reporting accounts for more than half of all HUMINT reporting on al-Qa’ida since the program began…” This fact is missing from the other two later reports…