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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (581186)	6/8/2004 1:46:41 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 769667

Gadhafi Regrets Reagan Died Before Trial By Khaled El-Deeb TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Moammar Gadhafi expressed regret Sunday that President Ronald Reagan died before standing trial for 1986 American air strikes that killed the Libyan leader's adopted daughter and 36 other people. [continued ...] apnews1.iwon.com

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (581186)	6/8/2004 2:19:04 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Here, read some facts instead of fiction for a change: Ashcroft Says Bush Rejects Use of Torture Tuesday, 08-Jun-2004 Story from AP WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday he was not aware of any order by President Bush that would violate U.S. laws or treaties banning torture of military prisoners captured in Iraq or elsewhere in the war on terrorism. "This administration rejects torture," Ashcroft declared under tense questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ashcroft said, "The Department of Justice will both investigate and prosecute individuals who violate the law. The Torture Act is a law that we include in that violation." Said Ashcroft: "The president of the United States has not ordered any conduct that would violate the Constitution of the United States, that would violate not one of the laws enacted by the Congress, or that would violate any of the various treaties." Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., asked Ashcroft whether there is any presidential order that "immunizes (from prosecution) interrogators of al-Qaida suspects?" "The president has issued no such order," Ashcroft replied. The attorney general said the policy memo on this issue would not be made available to the committee, however. And Ashcroft said that while he respected the constitutional right of Congress to ask questions, "there are certain things that, in the interest of the executive branch operating effectively, that I think it is inappropriate for the attorney general to say." "Do you think torture might be justified - not a memorandum - just a question to you, attorney general of the United States?" Biden asked. "I am not going to issue or otherwise discuss hypotheticals. I will leave that to academics," Ashcroft replied. "John, you sound like you're in the State Department," Biden shot back. "I condemn torture. ... I don't think it's productive, let alone justified," Ashcroft responded. Ashcroft said "Let me completely reject the notion that anything that this president has done or the Justice Department has done has directly resulted in atrocities." Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita said Monday that the final set of interrogation methods adopted for use at Guantanamo in April 2003 are humane, legal and useful - and more restrictive than the methods some had proposed. "The intelligence sought was to prevent terrorist attacks", he said. Ultimately, the Pentagon adopted a set of 24 interrogation methods it would use at Guantanamo, Di Rita said. The majority are psychological tricks and techniques described in Army field manuals.