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Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller 15mKerry blasts Al Jazeera Journalists' convictions in Egypt as "chilling, draconian"
Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller 3m
.@marieharf: Sec Kerry did raise the issue of the Al Jazeera journalists specifically with President al-Sisi during his meeting in Cairo
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)GAO ELECTION REPORT 2004
Print the articleThis entry was posted on 3/9/2006 1:49 AM and is filed under Election Fraud.
Powerful Government Accountability Office report confirms key 2004 stolen election findings
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
October 26, 2005
As a legal noose appears to be tightening around the Bush/Cheney/Rove inner circle, a shocking government report shows the floor under the legitimacy of their alleged election to the White House is crumbling.
The latest critical confirmation of key indicators that the election of 2004 was stolen comes in an extremely powerful, penetrating report from the Government Accountability Office that has gotten virtually no mainstream media coverage. Click here for GAO Report
The government's lead investigative agency is known for its general incorruptibility and its thorough, in-depth analyses. Its concurrence with assertions widely dismissed as "conspiracy theories" adds crucial new weight to the case that Team Bush has no legitimate business being in the White House.
Nearly a year ago, senior Judiciary Committee Democrat John Conyers (D-MI) asked the GAO to investigate electronic voting machines as they were used during the November 2, 2004 presidential election. The request came amidst widespread complaints in Ohio and elsewhere that often shocking irregularities defined their performance.
According to CNN, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee received "more than 57,000 complaints" following Bush's alleged re-election. Many such concerns were memorialized under oath in a series of sworn statements and affidavits in public hearings and investigations conducted in Ohio by the Free Press and other election protection organizations.
The non-partisan GAO report has now found that, "some of [the] concerns about electronic voting machines have been realized and have caused problems with recent elections, resulting in the loss and miscount of votes."
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Read the entire report here. http://freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1529
There is a link there for the GAO website and report. Kerry is well aware of the media vs government. I hope he continues to slam them! GO KERRY!
cali
(114,904 posts)nicey-nice with him. Yesterday he had glowing words for him.
He got suckered and anyone should have known better.
People in Egypt are being disappeared and tortured but the admin (over Pat Leahy's objections) is delivering lots of shiny hardware.
And he just released that, no? Because when I did a search that did not come up half and hour ago or so.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/world/middleeast/kerry-in-egypt-renewing-ties-with-el-sisi.html?hpw&rref=world
The admin doesn't give a flying fuck about human rights in Egypt. They just want a stable strongman.
Ugh.
bigtree
(85,977 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 23, 2014, 03:24 PM - Edit history (2)
. . . and I don't think Kerry will be making that decision.
I still think there's a window of opportunity for Leahy and others to influence the WH on the helicopters and on a stronger, more concrete response to the jailing and repression.
You should acknowledge that the State Dept. and Kerry has taken the issue of the journalists and other human rights and democracy concerns directly to the Egyptian leadership. I won't pretend to know everything that is going on with their diplomacy, but it's not true, as your other thread on this suggested, that the administration is not engaged or speaking out.
They've made several appeals to the Egyptian government and have withheld aid to force Egypt to address many other concerns; not just the journalists. I understood Kerry's assurances to mean that there is still something holding them up; even though I don't believe the President feels he needs congressional approval to make the transfer of arms to Egypt.
So, maybe premature to call it a done deal - maybe some room to advocate against it. I'd present it that way, jmo.
Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller 3m
.@marieharf: Sec Kerry did raise the issue of the Al Jazeera journalists specifically with President al-Sisi during his meeting in Cairo
JI7
(89,241 posts)power. as long as they don't start something with israel.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)their heart felt apologies?
See there? Obama SOS blasted Egypt, figuratively. Happy now?