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Harper disavows Tory candidate facing charges
The Conservative Party has a screening process for potential candidates. Criminal and credit checks were both run on Mr. Zeisman before he became the candidate, but turned up nothing untoward.
Mr. Harper noted that the candidate's charges were not criminal in nature. "It is however a serious matter," he said.
(When I heard the story on the radio this morning, I thought the radio guy said that Stephen Harper is, for all intents and purposes, fired, but his name will still be on the ballot and if he gets elected, he will sit as an independant party. What a confusing morning that was..)
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Why five Cuban heroes are U.S. political prisoners
The People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo has reported recently on the grim circumstances confronted by five Cuban men convicted of spying and imprisoned in the United States. [...]
The Cuban political prisoners’ prosecution and trial were grievously flawed. Their homes had been wiretapped and searched without warrant. They were held three days without charges, arraignment, or legal representation. They languished for 17 months in solitary confinement before their trial. One thousand four hundred pages of information used by the prosecution were never made available to defense attorneys. Jurors faced intimidation from the media and courthouse crowd. The prosecutors interfered with the appeals process by depriving the Atlanta appeals court of essential materials.
The five prisoners were defending their nation against assaults by Cuban counter-revolutionaries living in Florida. The U.S. government knew about the attacks and condoned them. Government complicity gave federal trial officials a stake in the trial’s outcome. At issue was the toleration of terror matched up against the prisoners’ patriotic duty. It was a political trial with competing defendants.
In Cuba, everywhere we looked there were billboards, graffiti, any other kind of visual you can imagine... all about these five cuban heroes. "!Volberan!" they would say, bring them back! Emma and I were so curious as to what exactly they had done to be imprisoned in the US. All we knew was that they said they were fighting terrorism, and standing up for what they believed in. Interesting little-known thing... I know I'm not a news buff, but I'd never heard a thing about these guys until our trip.
The Conservative Party has a screening process for potential candidates. Criminal and credit checks were both run on Mr. Zeisman before he became the candidate, but turned up nothing untoward.
Mr. Harper noted that the candidate's charges were not criminal in nature. "It is however a serious matter," he said.
(When I heard the story on the radio this morning, I thought the radio guy said that Stephen Harper is, for all intents and purposes, fired, but his name will still be on the ballot and if he gets elected, he will sit as an independant party. What a confusing morning that was..)
Also...
Why five Cuban heroes are U.S. political prisoners
The People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo has reported recently on the grim circumstances confronted by five Cuban men convicted of spying and imprisoned in the United States. [...]
The Cuban political prisoners’ prosecution and trial were grievously flawed. Their homes had been wiretapped and searched without warrant. They were held three days without charges, arraignment, or legal representation. They languished for 17 months in solitary confinement before their trial. One thousand four hundred pages of information used by the prosecution were never made available to defense attorneys. Jurors faced intimidation from the media and courthouse crowd. The prosecutors interfered with the appeals process by depriving the Atlanta appeals court of essential materials.
The five prisoners were defending their nation against assaults by Cuban counter-revolutionaries living in Florida. The U.S. government knew about the attacks and condoned them. Government complicity gave federal trial officials a stake in the trial’s outcome. At issue was the toleration of terror matched up against the prisoners’ patriotic duty. It was a political trial with competing defendants.
In Cuba, everywhere we looked there were billboards, graffiti, any other kind of visual you can imagine... all about these five cuban heroes. "!Volberan!" they would say, bring them back! Emma and I were so curious as to what exactly they had done to be imprisoned in the US. All we knew was that they said they were fighting terrorism, and standing up for what they believed in. Interesting little-known thing... I know I'm not a news buff, but I'd never heard a thing about these guys until our trip.