Under the pretext of security interests, Musharraf invokes “Emergency Ruleâ€, but uses his de-facto martial law powers to crackdown on the political opposition instead:
- Musharraf Cracks Down On Opposition (Al-Jazeera International)
As part of a move to avoid further legal setbacks and perhaps finally close the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, the Bush administration decides it wants to start following the Constitution by allowing federal civilian judges to decide where detainees should be tried and giving prisoners the right to legal representation…
- Detainee Rights Weighed in Plans to Close Base (New York Times)
…meanwhile former military lawyer Evan Wallach provides historical examples from WWII, the Philippines and Texas to argue that waterboarding has been regarded as torture in American courts:
- Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime (Washington Post)
With Afghanistan falling into ruin, its parliament busies itself with stifling diversity of Islamic religious opinion:
- Afghan Koran Distributor Arrested (BBC News)
Two lobbyists “accused of passing U.S. secrets to an Israeli official” have argued that Condoleeza “Rice and others can verify their claim that the United States regularly uses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to send back-channel communications to Israel:
- Rice to Face Subpoena in Espionage Case (Associated Press)
Latest public opinion poll shows Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with Bush’s handling of the nation’s challenges, including his failed military adventure in Iraq, and seek regime change at home rather than abroad:
- Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Want Change (Washington Post)
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