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To: Land Shark who wrote (150250)	12/19/2008 2:14:46 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Treaties of this nature are between sovereigns...since AQ is not a sovereign and since they have not signed it, its strictures are not binding ion the US when dealing with AQ. J.

To: Land Shark who wrote (150250)	12/19/2008 3:14:24 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Respond to of 173976

The USA operates under Rule of Law. You can criticise that if you want, no problem. But if you are going to say the law was broken, then it has to be according to the rules of law we are governed by, according to the regulations, circumstances, and applications they were designed for.

To: Land Shark who wrote (150250)	12/19/2008 3:17:31 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 173976

2007 World Map of the Control of Corruption Index, which measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among businesses, public officials and politicians. Colors range from dark green (90th-100th percentile) to light green (75th-90th percentile), yellow (50th-75th percentile), orange (25th-50th percentile), pink (10th-25th percentile) and red (0th-10th percentile). Percentile rank indicates the percentage of countries worldwide that rate below the selected country. Higher values indicate better governance ratings. Based on a long-standing research program of the World Bank, the Kaufmann-Kraay-Mastruzzi Worldwide Governance Indicators capture six key dimensions of governance (Voice & Accountability, Political Stability and Lack of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption) between 1996 and present. Sometimes referred to as the "KK", "KKZ" or "KKM" indicators, they measure the quality of governance in over 200 countries, based on close to 40 data sources produced by over 30 different organizations worldwide and are updated on an annual basis since 2002. en.wikipedia.org