2004.05.06 - PEGC Update ======================== 0) This just in . . . . . . and I laughed my ass off when I read the head line. Their little Potemkin village is running like a Swiss watch -- ain't it reassuring to know that DoD *still* knows how to do *something* semi-competently?? :D Miami Herald -- May 6, 2004 SOUTHCOM IS 'PRETTY CONFIDENT' ANY GUANTANAMO ABUSES WERE MILDER THAN THOSE IN IRAQ By Juan O. Tamayo http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/8605029.htm 1) SWIFT V. RUMSFELD New filings in Swift v. Rumsfeld, all of which are available on PACER except for two new sealed documents. And I've saved the new stuff in the PEGC folder at: http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Swift_v_Rumsfeld/ See: swift_resp_in_opp_20040503.pdf swift_resp_in_opp_20040503_att.pdf govt_reply_20040505.pdf docket.txt Note: the Schneider declaration is just pro forma stuff submitting a sealed document. Note also that there is still a conference scheduled for today as far as I know. 2) TORTURE SCANDAL USA Today -- May 6, 2004 Full Coverage http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/prison-probe.htm Well what do you know -- it's a second passing reference to 18 USC 2441 in the mainstream media... LEGAL ISSUES IN PROSECUTING ABUSE PERPETRATORS By Richard Willing, USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-05-06-prisoner-q&a_x.htm And this guy is talking to the right people even. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/abu_ghraib/flash.htm Washington Post -- May 6, 2004 NEW PRISON IMAGES EMERGE By Christian Davenport, Washington Post Staff Writer http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5623-2004May5.html Wildfirejo -- May 5, 2004 THE NOT-QUITE NEWS ABOUT PRISONS By Jo Wilding http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildfirejo/message/88 3) NAVY BRIG CHARLESTON Sarasota Herald-Tribune: May 6, 2004 BRIG, ROUTINELY ACCREDITED, TO BE INVESTIGATED By Bruce Smith, Associated Press Writer http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040506/APN/405060878 Charleston Post and Courier: May 5, 2004 NAVAL BRIG IN HANAHAN CLOAKED IN SECRECY OF FIGHT AGAINST TERROR By Tony Bartelme, The Post and Courier Staff http://www.charleston.net/stories/050504/loc_05brig.shtml 4) USSC ORAL ARGUMENTS Rasul v. Bush, USSC No. 03-334 Al Odah v. United States, USSC No. 03-343 April 20, 2004 ORAL ARGUMENT TRANSCRIPT http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/03-334.pdf 5) Op-Ed May 6, 2004 Editorial MR. RUMSFELD'S RESPONSIBILITY http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5840-2004May5.html Well they're getting warmer anyway... but one must wonder: how hot does the stove have to be before the Washington Post will notice that their pants are on fire? Memo to Mr. Downie: the Post was once a great paper... It could be again -- you've still got the makings -- but you've got to report THE FACTS and tell THE TRUTH, as effete and old-fashioned as that may be. Asia Times (Hong Kong) -- May 7, 2004 NOT A PRETTY PICTURE By Ian Williams http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FE07Ak03.html Juan Cole *Informed Comment -- AMERICA IN THE BALANCE: SEX, LIES AND PRISON ABUSE by Shahin Cole Just look down the page at... http://www.juancole.com/ NOTE... Speaking of Juan Cole, notice also that PEGC is mentioned and linked on that page... and I've gotten 300+ hits (and counting) off that link in less than 24 hours. Which is very good news, because Google quit indexing me when I had my annoying little disaster with the phone company back in December, and this will very likely correct that problem. And let me add: Juan Cole's blog is definitely worth book-marking -- Prof. Cole is a very knowledgeable and sharp guy. Regards, Charly * * * Charles Gittings Oakland, California cbgittings@sbcglobal.net +1-510-923-1688 PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://PEGC.no-ip.info PEGC Update http://PEGC.no-ip.info/PEGC_Update.html