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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Bush’s Torture Bill: Worse Than You Think The interrogation bill headed for Bush’s desk would allow him to detain anyone indefinitely and decide (privately) what constitutes torture; it eliminates habeas corpus and judicial review, and it permits coerced evidence. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/28/opinion/28thu1.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin" title="The N.Y. Times says">The N.Y. Times calls it</a> “our generation’s version of the Alien and Sedition Acts.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060928_torture_bill_worse/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060928_torture_bill_worse/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Bush’s Torture Bill: Worse Than You Think The interrogation bill headed for Bush’s desk would allow him to detain anyone indefinitely and decide (privately) what constitutes torture; it eliminates habeas corpus and judicial review, and it permits coerced evidence. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/28/opinion/28thu1.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin" title="The N.Y. Times says">The N.Y. Times calls it</a> “our generation’s version of the Alien and Sedition Acts.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060928_torture_bill_worse/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060928_torture_bill_worse/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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