keeping our hands clean

Jeffrey Fisher jfisher at igc.org
Sun Mar 10 20:57:06 PST 2002


you knew it was going to happen. now we know it's already happening.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5564-2002Mar10.html

"Since Sept. 11, the U.S. government has secretly transported dozens of people suspected of links to terrorists to countries other than the United States, bypassing extradition procedures and legal formalities, according to Western diplomats and intelligence sources. The suspects have been taken to countries, including Egypt and Jordan, whose intelligence services have close ties to the CIA and where they can be subjected to interrogation tactics -- including torture and threats to families -- that are illegal in the United States, the sources said. In some cases, U.S. intelligence agents remain closely involved in the interrogation, the sources said."

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-- jeff fisher dilettante -- er, that's 'intellectual nomad'

"When in our age we hear these words: It will be judged by the result--then we know at once with whom we have the honor of speaking. Those who talk this way are a numerous type whom I shall designate under the common name of assistant professors." - Kierkegaard



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