http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/04/1524246


Informant: John Calvert

-----Original Message-----
From: aalsmin-l-bounces@lists.ubalt.edu
On Behalf Of Boyle, Francis
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:31 PM
Subject: [AALSMIN-L] Hague Regulations v Bush Jr. Notice in Guantanamo Detainee Cases

Article 23(h) of the 1907 Hague Regulations on Land Warfare, to which the USA is a contracting party, provides: "In addition to the prohibitions provided by special Conventions, it is especially forbidden...(h) To declare abolished, suspended or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and actions of the nationals of the hostile party." In addition, the Nuremberg Tribunal ruled that the Hague Regulations were customary international law as of the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. This would constitute a serious war crime.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Gittings
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 2:09 PM
To: ASIL Forum
Subject: Govt Notice in Guantanamo Detainee Cases

Today the government filed the following notice in all of the Guantanmo deatainee cases pending in the USDC for D.C.:

NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY

Respondents hereby give notice of the recent enactment of legislation that, among other things, amends 28 U.S.C. � 2241 to remove court jurisdiction to hear or consider applications for writs of habeas corpus and other actions brought in this Court by or on behalf of aliens detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. See Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, Pub. L. No. ___, � 1005 (2005) (signed by President Bush on Dec. 30, 2005) (copy of relevant excerpts attached). No sooner than the week of January 9, 2006, respondents anticipate filing in each of 1 the above-captioned cases a motion to dismiss or for other appropriate relief based on the new legislation. Prior to or shortly after filing of such motion, respondents will consult with petitioners� counsel in an effort to agree upon a briefing schedule that can be proposed to the Court.

Dated: January 3, 2006

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The original pdf and exhibit are available on the PEGC web site in this folder (along with show cause orders issued by Judge Walton in his assigned cases):

http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/McCain-Graham/

The corruption investigation surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff shows the significant political risk that Republican leaders took when they adopted what had once seemed a brilliant strategy for dominating Washington: turning the K Street lobbying corridor into a cog of the GOP political machine.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010406Y.shtml

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3873/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Top Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff is set to sing, and his long list of former buddies in Congress and the Bush administration are quaking in anticipation of possible indictments stemming from the consummate Beltway hustler's crass reign as the king of K Street.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010406O.shtml

Even before the White House formally authorized a secret program to spy on US citizens without obtaining warrants, such eavesdropping was occurring and some of the information was being shared with the FBI, declassified correspondence and interviews with congressional and intelligence officials indicate.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010406L.shtml

Book Says

In a clumsy effort to sabotage Iran's nuclear program, the CIA in 2004 intentionally handed Tehran some top-secret bomb designs laced with a hidden flaw that US officials hoped would doom any weapon made from them, according to a new book about the US intelligence agency.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010406K.shtml

Lobbying is Washington's grubby secret. Some say lobbying is part of the democratic process. Others claim it is legalized bribery, even corruption. But love it or loathe it, it is the way Washington works.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010406J.shtml

Abramoff raised at least $100,000 for President Bush's 2004 re-election effort, earning the honorary title "pioneer" from the campaign.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010406I.shtml