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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (8735)	12/11/2000 7:15:33 AM
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Why don't you then join the(other Democrats) demands that she step down? Democrat Congressman Demands Reno Resign NewsMax.com Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000 A Democrat congressman has demanded that controversial attorney general Janet Reno resign after the government blocked the release of two men in custody for years on secret evidence. "In my 25 years in Congress, I have never seen such an act of injustice,'' said U.S. Rep. David Bonior, a Michigan Democrat and minority whip, as reported in the Associated Press. "I am calling for Attorney General Janet Reno to resign today. This is an absolute outrage. These are Gestapo-like tactics,'' he said. Reno blocked for 45 days the release of Anwar Haddam, jailed on secret evidence for four years in Fredericksburg, Va. Haddam would be speaker of the Algerian Parliament if he were a sitting member, Bonior said. Justice Department spokesman Charles Miller had no comment Thursday night. According to AP: There is an execution order out for Haddam in Algeria. The Board of Immigration Appeal in Falls Church, Va., decided to grant him political asylum. The 45-day detention, however, puts the issue into the hands of a new administration. Similarly, Mazen Al-Najjar of Tampa, Fla., was denied release Thursday. Al-Najjar, a Palestinian the government says has terrorist links, has been imprisoned for more than three years. An immigration judge ordered his release Wednesday on bond, saying the government failed to give Al-Najjar enough information to defend himself against the charges. The government opposed his release, and the board of immigration appeal continued Al-Najjar's custody indefinitely. "Top judges have ruled there is nothing to keep them for four years, and they have seen the so-called evidence,'' Bonior said. "The evidence was obviously inadequate, and they remain behind bars. "This is a brutal decision. I am really distraught and I'm mad as hell,'' Bonior said. He has sponsored a bill to make secret evidence law unconstitutional. Bonior said he has visited Haddam and Al-Najjar in jail and talked with President Clinton and with Reno about the cases. "We were to the point they were going to be freed, and someone decided they are to continue to rot in jail,'' Bonior said. "When you tell people about the secret evidence law, they don't believe this goes on here in this country,'' he said. newsmax.com