Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, Secret Prisons, Now Proof of US Prison Ships
Bush has dragged this country into the depths of depravity with torture ordered from the White House and extraordinary rendition, destruction of habeas corpus, and defiance of Supreme Court declared illegal military commissions, violation of the Constitution and human rights... but it's ho-hum, business as usual, or as that despicable Cheney says: "So?"
The Guardian reports: "The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.
"Details of ships where detainees have been held and sites allegedly being used in countries across the world have been compiled as the debate over detention without trial intensifies on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was yesterday urged to list the names and whereabouts of all those detained.
"Information about the operation of prison ships has emerged through a number of sources, including statements from the US military, the Council of Europe and related parliamentary bodies, and the testimonies of prisoners.
"The analysis, due to be published this year by the human rights organisation Reprieve, also claims there have been more than 200 new cases of rendition since 2006, when President George Bush declared that the practice had stopped.
"It is the use of ships to detain prisoners, however, that is raising fresh concern and demands for inquiries in Britain and the US.
"Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve's legal director, said: 'They choose ships to try to keep their misconduct as far as possible from the prying eyes of the media and lawyers. We will eventually reunite these ghost prisoners with their legal rights.'
" 'By its own admission, the US government is currently detaining at least 26,000 people without trial in secret prisons, and information suggests up to 80,000 have been 'through the system' since 2001. The US government must show a commitment to rights and basic humanity by immediately revealing who these people are, where they are, and what has been done to them.' "
And impeachment is still off the table?
Nancy Pelosi, you are just as complicit as the criminal Bush administration because you refuse to allow impeachment proceedings for a long list of heinous crimes by George Bush and his crew. You are arrogantly disregarding the American people, the government of, by, and for the people whom you are supposed to serve. Shame on you!
The Guardian reports: "The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.
"Details of ships where detainees have been held and sites allegedly being used in countries across the world have been compiled as the debate over detention without trial intensifies on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was yesterday urged to list the names and whereabouts of all those detained.
"Information about the operation of prison ships has emerged through a number of sources, including statements from the US military, the Council of Europe and related parliamentary bodies, and the testimonies of prisoners.
"The analysis, due to be published this year by the human rights organisation Reprieve, also claims there have been more than 200 new cases of rendition since 2006, when President George Bush declared that the practice had stopped.
"It is the use of ships to detain prisoners, however, that is raising fresh concern and demands for inquiries in Britain and the US.
"Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve's legal director, said: 'They choose ships to try to keep their misconduct as far as possible from the prying eyes of the media and lawyers. We will eventually reunite these ghost prisoners with their legal rights.'
" 'By its own admission, the US government is currently detaining at least 26,000 people without trial in secret prisons, and information suggests up to 80,000 have been 'through the system' since 2001. The US government must show a commitment to rights and basic humanity by immediately revealing who these people are, where they are, and what has been done to them.' "
And impeachment is still off the table?
Nancy Pelosi, you are just as complicit as the criminal Bush administration because you refuse to allow impeachment proceedings for a long list of heinous crimes by George Bush and his crew. You are arrogantly disregarding the American people, the government of, by, and for the people whom you are supposed to serve. Shame on you!
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