You Can Thank The US Media For This

Actually, the Washington Post, I believe.

WASHINGTON Amid rising European anger over contentions that the CIA has flown terror suspects to secret camps in Eastern Europe for interrogation and possible torture, the European Union's commissioner of justice and home affairs warned Monday that any EU member found to have permitted the use of such a camp could lose its voting rights.

It was not immediately clear what weight the warning by the commissioner, Franco Frattini, might carry. No member's voting rights have ever been suspended

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[*flo*]

This is what I read earlier...
Frattini said suspending EU voting rights would be justified under the EU treaty, which stipulates that the bloc is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, and that a persistent breach of these principles can be punished.

Clandestine detention centers would violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_secret_prisons

Curious what such punishment would be besides voting right, execution by firing squad?

[Not a Hand Wringer]

Yes, we should be thankful that we have a media to help us watch-dog our respective gov'ts to ensure that they don't betray the principles which define us.

[*flo*]

I'm still trying to figure out why these secret prisons were ever allowed. I read probable speculation on secret prisons in the past, its about time someone advocates this. If anyone has a clue what possible effects there will be toward the US, since these are "US CIA prisons" located in foreign countries, I'd like to hear it.
The new nontorture law passed "recently", does include CIA, so could we apply this decision on exposing these prisons?

[k.jeanne]

We should just turn prisoners over to Iraq, let their government deal with them. Imagine the abuse they would suffer in those hands...or not, they would probably be hanged before sun up. I don't approve of abuse in any form. However, I am sick and tired of our country being beaten up...still, if we have continuing problems, it should be fixed!

[*flo*]

Posted by: DUTCH | Nov 29, 2005 1:37:41 PM

>:o..I could be wrong, but I thought I saw a previous post here from you about the topic and not Natalee...