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To: TobagoJack who wrote (43335)	12/1/2008 8:39:41 PM
From: Mark Bong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217574

How to acheive a consensus on governemt policy. The Brits have also a plan to acheive that! Cops Seize Tory MP counterpunch.org The arrest and interrogation of Damian Green, one of Britain’s leading opposition politicians, by the counter-terrorism police (November 27, 2009) on ‘suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office’ is an extraordinary event....The Conservative Party, the main opposition in the British Parliament that has been leading in opinion polls this year, is furious at the treatment of one of its star performers. In all probability, Green, a former journalist on the London Times, would be a minister if the Conservatives won the next general election..... He had raised some "uncomfortable questions" for the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and his government in the past year...

To: TobagoJack who wrote (43335)	12/2/2008 12:02:32 PM
From: Joe S Pack	Respond to of 217574

It started happening here, in J6P's den. it is no more a joke!. news.yahoo.com Colo. man charged with libel over Craigslist posts Tue Dec 2, 5:57 am ET FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A man accused of making unflattering online comments about his former lover and her attorney on Craigslist has been charged with two counts of criminal libel. "It's not a charge you see a lot of," Larimer County District Attorney Larry Abrahamson said of the 1800s-era state law that can put people in jail for the content of their speech or writing. Abrahamson charged J.P. Weichel, 40, of Loveland, in October over posts he allegedly made on Craigslist's "Rants and Rave" section. The case began when a woman told Loveland police in December 2007 about postings made about her between November and December 2007. Court records show posts that suggested she traded sexual acts for legal services from her attorney and mentioned a visit from child services because of an injury to her child. Police obtained search warrants for records from Web sites including Craigslist before identifying Weichel as the suspect. Weichel shares a child with the woman. Weichel, confronted by detectives at his workplace in August, said he was "just venting," according to court records. No phone listing could be found for Weichel, and his attorney, Michael Liggett of Fort Collins, didn't immediately return a message left Monday by The Associated Press. Libel is commonly seen as a civil case. Denver attorney Steve Zansberg, who specializes in First Amendment law, said prosecutors seeking criminal libel cases could have a "chilling" effect on free speech in Colorado, particularly over the Internet. Abrahamson wasn't so sure. He said it is up to police departments to pursue cases. Zansberg contends the law is outdated, is unclear about stating opinions and is written in such a way that dead people could be victims of criminal libel. The statute allows prosecution for speech "tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead" or to "expose the natural defects of one who is alive, and thereby to expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule." Criminal libel carries a punishment of up to 18 months in prison. certain members of this thread must be very careful and hide How to Combat a Banking Crisis: First, Round Up the Pessimists online.wsj.com Latvian Agents Detain a Gloomy Economist; 'It Is a Form of Deterrence'By ANDREW HIGGINS RIGA, Latvia -- Hammered by economic woe, this former Soviet republic recently took a novel step to contain the crisis. Its counterespionage agency busted an economist for being too downbeat.