Reply #43: Al Jazeera English 'gets it.'

[maxkeiser]

here's the last bit of the transcript of the film i made for AJE;
the entire transcript is here;
http://www.karmabanqueradio.com/temp/torturechic.html
video avail. on youtube; 'extraordinary antics'


MAX KEISER
The Romans used to throw the Christians to the lions, today, America throws the Muslims and the Mexicans to the savages at Fox News.

JOHN SIFTON
When governments choose the law to apply and choose the legal paradigm to apply, that's what lawyers sometimes call 'forum shopping.' You're basically deciding the legal paradigm you want to fit . . . that best suits you. And, ah, in this context, they're clearly bending the semantics, bending the terminology, bending the law to get the result they want the best. What do they want? They want incommunicado detention without legal review.

STEPHEN GREY
The problem is about these kind of practices is they store up problems for the future. And, actually, you know, being associated with a policy that props up dictators in the Middle East works very closely with the secret police, you know the ones that are fighting democracy, fighting human rights, fighting freedom of expression. These same secret police. You know, it puts you on the wrong side and, actually, is a way of, potentially, losing the war.

JOHN SIFTON
Accountability really needs to come home. It's an embarrassment to the United States that accountability is taking place in Italy and not in Washington. You know, why the US Congress can't investigate these crimes and abuses is beyond us.

MAX KEISER (Milan courthouse)
Extraordinary rendition. Sounds like America's swansong. America's become bloated, decadent, arrogant. Why do they hate us? We're numskulls. Spending half a million dollars a pop for street justice. No due process. No wonder America's image abroad stinks. Half a million dollars. You know, I'm a US taxpayer, I've done all the calculations myself. The question I have is where's my money CIA? If I have to come to Langley to get it. Where's my money in all this? You stole my money. (to Italian policeman) Buona sera.