http://constantpated.blogspot.com/2005/06/senator-durbin-white-house-
uses-rnc.html**

The White House is on the defensive. It knows that its support within
the RNC is waning. Senators and Congressmen in their own party are
now defecting. They are no longer quiet with their disgust with the
White House war crimes.

The Downing Street Memo shows that the White House has a set of rules
and lists it has to meet to "sell something." Not just for offensive
war, but also a list of criteria they need to defend themselves
against war crimes.

Senator Durbin and the Brazilian Chemical inspector are getting
treated the Same. Bolton went after the truth and got the Brazilian
Fired. The White House is hoping to do the same with Durbin: Make
Durbin the issue.

Do not be fooled. The White House knows it is in trouble. It is
putting on a false front. It pretends the issues are from "long ago."
IN fact, the issues of war crimes, unlawful wars, and intimidation to
dissuade reporting war crimes are serious issues.

The White House continues to attempt to divert attention from its
tyrant and is hoping to focus attention on those who dare state the
obvious: The FBI memos reasonably raise questions about the
leadership and system of oversight and controls that is driving the
abuse.

A reasonable person from another planet would think that the FBI memo
was from the Nazi or Pol Pot diaries.

You can expect the White House to make more accusations against those
who state what is self-evident: The White House is out of control,
reckless, and needs better oversight to ensure it remains under the
umbrella of the Constitution.

This tyrant wants all to grovel, then accept "responsibility" for
having groveled.It is time to throw these FBI memos into the inquiry,
and find out the answers to questions the President and his talking
heads continue to dance around:

What were the orders about prisoner treatment

Why was 5100.77 ignored

Why did it take photographs to reveal what was in the CID report

What is the White House plan to take responsibility for the memos and
letter authorizing torture and unlawful aggression?

The White House has one strategy. To imply that "everyone else" is to
blame.

The Downing Street Memo shows that as early as 2002, while the FBI
was recording statements in Guantanamo, the White House was planning
to commit more abuse in Iraq.

Why? Because they could, and did "get away with it" in GITMO.

There's every reason to believe that as more memos surface, the White
House will continue to rewrite history and imply that the issue is
old, or that the White House was in the wrong while "Congress failed
to look into the issue."

The Downing Street Memo throws all that into doubt. We now know the
scope of the deception to deceive the public.

Issues weren't "looked into" because the President incorrectly
reported what was going on in Iraq with lies, deceptions.Indeed, the
issue is materiality. Once the White House realized that Congress did
rely on the false statements, the White House then shifted to
offensive mode and blamed those who are relying on the false and
misleading statements.

These are not just matters of the Constitution. They are matters of
criminal law.

The White House spokesman knows the game. This is why he continues to
distract attention from the President and onto those who dare raise
reasonable questions about the recklessness in the White House and
their disregard for Geneva Conventions and other required planning to
ensure the combat operations were lawful and conducted in a manner
that was consistent with the rules of law.

The White House is caught. They are in a trap. And the reasonable
Senator from Illinois has asked the important questions:

How bad does this have to get?

What else are we going to find?

Who let these people run this country?

How many more abuses are required?

Do we have a growing desensitization to violence?

Is the world reasonably outraged at our sliding scale of
accountability?

how would the United States lecture the world leaders if others were
doing what the United States was doing?The answer is: The General
assembly would act, take a vote and require US and UK conduct in Iraq
to be investigated.

You're right. This isn't "like the Nazis." This is worse:
The "defender of freedom" has now embraced the very methods used
during the Holocaust to silence, intimidate, torture, and kill those
who were unfortunate enough to have been where the US decided to
unlawfully invade, take hostages, and hold without charges those who
were turned over for bounties.

That is no different than the abuses committed by the British and
Roman Empires. In fact, this very mistreatment was the catalyst for
the events in 1776. Something which Senator Durbin knows all to well.
For if this leader does not reign in his terror on his own, then the
public should reasonably expect more bad news with the photos,
transcript, and other information coming out from the interrogation
lap top computers.

Senator Durbin did a smart thing. He showed the United States what it
is: Something that deserves attention, outrage, and remedy.

The crimes have already been committed. The question remains whether
there is enough political backbone within the Congress to call for an
inquiry.Given the defections within the RNC, looming evidence, and
timetable for additional disclosures, it is likely that the Democrats
will have enough RNC-support to call for an inquiry.


**INTERPOL

Check out http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO504B.html

Is America Preparing for Martial Law?
by Michel Chossudovsky

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17410&c=206

http://www.alternet.org/story/20935/

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/08/books/08kaku.html?fta=y

Following a Paper Trail to the Roots of Torture

www.aclu.org/torturefoia
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines05/0526-
03.htm