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Politics > Politics-Republicans |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
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08 Feb 2006 10:23:54 PM |
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House Republicans disallow questions about torture |
From The Associated Press, 2/8/06:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/ap_on_go_co/congress_torture
House Committee Squashes Torture Queries
By WILLIAM C. MANN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON -
Republicans easily defeated three resolutions seeking information
about the Bush administration's policies on torture after a heated
committee hearing.
Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., chairman of the House International Relations
Committee, said Democrats who submitted the resolutions should "at
least silently confess to themselves that their actions pose real
dangers to our country."
Hyde accused Democrats of playing politics, with an eye on November's
congressional elections, by offering the three resolutions demanding:
_Information on a practice that has been called extraordinary
rendition, or sending suspects abroad to countries where they would
allegedly be tortured for information.
_Documents about U.S. policies regarding U.N. anti-torture
conventions.
_Documents and records involving Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's
December trip to Europe, during which she was dogged by reports of
alleged secret European jails.
All three proposed resolutions were defeated on almost straight
party-line votes.
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"Democrats who submitted the resolutions should "at least silently
confess to themselves that their actions pose real dangers to our
country"? How?
Hey, Henry, if the requests were for ***** data, would you allow
them?
Harry
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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| Title: Re: House Republicans disallow questions about torture |
10 Feb 2006 09:46:03 PM |
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Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
From The Associated Press, 2/8/06:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/ap_on_go_co/congress_torture
House Committee Squashes Torture Queries
Christian terrorists. Lovely, aren't they?
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"President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President
Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader
scale." - AG Christoterrorist Alberto Gonzales, Senate testimony
"Make no mistake about it, this is an attempt to overthrow the
government, not by force of arms, but by seductive arguments
preying on the public's fear of terrorism." -- Filius Nullius
"Adolf Hitler's ghost is alive and unwell inside Pat
Robertson's carcass." -- Shydavid
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