The Quest for Justice!
The AP reports that Spain’s top investigative magistrate, Judge Baltasar Garzon, opened an investigation of the Bush Administration over the alleged torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, saying that documents recently declassified by the Obama administration “reveal what had been just an intuition: an authorized and systematic plan of torture and mistreatment of person [...]
After a long sleep the Supreme Court awakens to reality!
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides:
“ The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, [...]
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Do we need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in America?
After many years of Apartheid in South Africa the country went about airing its unsavory history without sending the offending people to prison or to execution, even where people were murdered by the prior regime. To date there has been no mass murdering of the offenders in South Africa. Perhaps we need to get out [...]
The week in brief
Several exciting things happened this week! First of all, the Obama Administration released “Memos of Law,” written by the Bush “Justice Department.” We can all decide for ourselves how just and legal those memos are. As for this lawyer, those memos are a perfect example of what whores lawyers can be when they forget that [...]
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- JoshFriedlander: Lucy Kellaway's takedown of Ray Dalio's "philosophy": http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be8ce2ce-650d-11df-b648-00144feab49a.html
- JoshFriedlander: RT @ARhedge: AR (partial view): Credit Suisse combines alternatives division, names Ravi Singh chief. http://cot.ag/amiMzH #hedgefunds $CS
- JoshFriedlander: http://onion.com/bBpcN3 via @TheOnion - A very relevant critique of lazy uncritical tech trend journalistic coverage. Also, hilarious.
- JoshFriedlander: Friend needs to sublet his apt: June 1 - Aug 15 (150th btw Bdway and Amsterdam) while he interns at TARP oversight committee. Big 1br. Lots…
- JoshFriedlander: RT @ARhedge: AR (partial view): John Paulson promises to shield investors from any legal fees related to ABACUS 2007-AC1. http://cot.ag/ ...