Let's clear the way for Democracy in Egpyt and clear the air on Torture

by: Zappatero

Sun Jan 30, 2011 at 11:00:29 AM MST

I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise.

We can support Mohammed el Baradai in stabilizing the country with the help of the Muslim Brotherhood. I am not afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood nor is it viewed as a credible threat to take over Egypt.

We can also clear the air on extraordinary rendition and torture, and quite possibly turn Osama bin Laden into a relic just like Mubarak by showing that we will be the United States that the world once believed in:

"If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prisoner to Jordan. If you want them to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear - never to see them again - you send them to Egypt."

Like another historic figure once said -

"The time is always right to do the right thing."

No Accountability For Rendition In US, But Maybe In Canada

by: Bill Egnor AKA Something The Dog Said

Tue Jun 15, 2010 at 05:38:35 AM MST

On Monday the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of one such innocent victim of torture, Mr. Maher Arar, a Syrian born Canadian citizen. In 2002 he was returning to Canada from a trip abroad. At a stop over at JFK Airport he was detained by the US Government and held in solitary confinement for two weeks without access to an attorney. Mr. Arar was then deported, not to his nation of citizenship, Canada but, to Syria and put in the hands of the Syrian intelligence services, who are well known for their torture activities.