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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:43 PM
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Deadline for DOD appeal in torture-FOIA case is tomorrow midnight
ACLU has just informed me that Judge Alvin Hellerstein has given the DOD a one-week extension (from Nov. 15) to appeal his ruling to release the remaining photos.

Should be some news tomorrow.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:44 PM
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1. Thanks for the update. This is important folks....stay focused...
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:49 PM
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2. I'm not holding my breath. Again.
ANOTHER extension? Why? This is bull.

But on a POSITIVE note:
Thanks for staying on top of this issue, wtmusic!
Your update is greatly appreciated, as always.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:51 PM
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3. Hey, anytime
You have to love the ACLU. Without them this would be going nowhere.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:53 PM
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4. And what happens if the DoD decides simply not to release them?
Who's going to make them...Bush?

I fear this will become another "John Marshall has made his decision; now let HIM enforce it!"
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:55 PM
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5. well....
then it comes down to the Dept. of Defense defying a contempt citation.

I don't think they would go that far. Prediction: photos will come out, and though heavily redacted, will be the turning point for getting the hell out of Iraq.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 01:04 PM
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7. Let's hope so. But I don't trust these people when cornered,
but I really do hope that they would comply if ordered to once and for all.
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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 01:07 PM
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9. Did John Marshall have the Federal Marshal's Office?
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 01:12 PM
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11. Actually yes....but I really hope it doesn't come down to anything like
that. I just don't trust these people though.
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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 03:03 PM
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13. Oh, it will.
Don't ever think that the criminals from this Administration will ever give up. Ever. This is the kind of a weed that must be ripped up from the roots.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 01:00 PM
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6. They'll probably appeal it clear to the Supreme Court.
Each time waiting until the last minute to file, therefore taking more time for it to wend it's way through the courts.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 01:04 PM
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8. GEEEEEEEZ! How many extensions are they going to get? They
wouldn't be stalling this in hopes of Alito being confirmed for when they appeal to the SCOTUS? Nah! Silly me. :eyes:
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 01:10 PM
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10. I understood they didn't appeal it
Edited on Mon Nov-21-05 01:10 PM by Horse with no Name
The judge granted an unasked for extension in case they wanted to extend it.
Sounds like an activist judge to me.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 01:14 PM
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12. The judge's latest decision
doesn't sound very friendly to the Dept. of Defense.

If they can't pull a constitutional issue out of the hat, we may get our photos.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 02:32 PM
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14. So what happened?
It's now the 23rd of November as I ask this question. Anyone hear about whether the government appealed?
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