[GJM] the day America died (was Fw: Read this...twice!!)

[Janos]

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From: "meher engineer" <mengineer2003 at yahoo.com>
To: "Martin Hattersley" <hattersleyjm at interbaun.com>; "Discussion Forum for Global Justice" <discussion at globaljusticemovement.net>
Subject: Re: [GJM] Fw: Read this...twice!!
Date: 04 October 2006 13:58

I read it. Once. That was enough; over familiarity ensured that it would be. Welcome to the rest of the world. 
   
  meher engineer. 
  Bose Institute
  93/1 APC Road
  Kolkata 700 009
  India

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After five hours of searching through the 80-plus page bill, Alex Jones, who
won the 2004 Project Censored award for his analysis of Patriot Act 2,
uncovered numerous other provisions and definitions that make the bill
appear as almost a mirror image of Hitler's 1933 Enabling Act.

In section 950j. the bill criminalizes any challenge to the legislation's
legality by the Supreme Court or any United States court. Alberto Gonzales
has already threatened federal judges to shut up and not question Bush's
authority on the torture of detainees.

"No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any
claim or cause of action whatsoever, including any action pending on or
filed after the date of the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of
2006, relating to the prosecution, trial, or judgment of a military
commission under this chapter, including challenges to the lawfulness of
procedures of military commissions under this chapter."

The Bush administration is preemptively overriding any challenge to the
legislation by the Supreme Court.
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