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Thu, 23 Sep 2004

Over at Alternet:

With the latest Detroit convictions overturned, Ashcroft has not convicted a single person of terrorism since 9/11.

On Sept. 2 a federal judge in Detroit threw out the only jury conviction the Justice Department has obtained on a terrorism charge since 9/11. In October 2001, shortly after the men were initially arrested, Attorney General John Ashcroft heralded the case in a national press conference as evidence of the success of his anti-terror campaign. The indictment alleged that the defendants were associated with al Qaeda and planning terrorist attacks. But Ashcroft held no news conference in September when the case was dismissed, nor did he offer any apologies to the defendants who had spent nearly three years in jail. That wouldn't be good for his boss' campaign, which rests on the "war on terrorism." Here, as in Iraq, Bush's war is not going as well as he pretends.

Let's be more specific. Not one of the more than 5000 human beings rounded up and held for years without representation, communication, or recourse have been convicted. The overwhelming majority haven't even been charged.

Are you proud to be an American today? They are, after all, doing this in your name and with your leave...

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