U.S. House Dems Announce Additional Hearings on Patriot Act Abuses!

[BradBlog]

U.S. House Judiciary Dems Invoke Rule, Call for Additional Hearings on Patriot Act Abuses!
Will Hold Hearings Tomorrow Morning on Capitol Hill
'Amnesty International' to give first Congressional testimony since releasing report on U.S. Human Rights abuses at Gitmo, Abu Ghraib

As fallout from the Downing Street Minutes continues to rock Capitol Hill, more unwanted attention to Administration policies on the war and human rights abuses looks to be on the way.

The BRAD BLOG has learned that MoveOn.org has received well over 240,000 new signatures to the John Conyers letter to George W. Bush concerning the "Downing Street Memo" in just the few hours since joining the campaign, and is receiving several thousand new signatures each minute.

But Conyers and Company is not stopping there. The BRAD BLOG has learned that the ranking House Judiciary Member has just announced additional hearings will be held tomorrow morning concerning the allegations of Human Rights abuses at U.S. Terror Prisons, including Gitmo and Abu Ghraib. The hearings will feature testimony from a representative of Amnesty International, the first such congressional testimony since the group released their recent report on alleged Human Rights abuses at the U.S. run prison camps...

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[Old and In the Way]

1. The war is being waged on more and more fronts.

These criminals won't be able to hold it together for 3 more years. The crimes, the outrage, and us, aren't going away.....

[FreedomAngel82]

2. Good

Conyers is leading the way again. Yay! I'm glad to hear this! I'm glad the democrats are still fighting them. One day they'll (the Bush administration and other republicans) will have to pop sooner or later!

[Spectral]

3. Hoooorayyyy!

Let's hope it does some good. Let's keep this KICKED!

:kick:

[Spectral]

4. Recommended

:kick:

[stmad]

5. Patriot Act poll question

Please feel free to visit www.newsgazette.com and vote on the following poll question:

"Do you feel less free since the Patriot Act has been in effect?"

[Spectral]

6. Will do

Thanks

[Vinca]

7. Tell me again why I should be as upbeat and optimistic as you guys?

All I see is more Republican votes than Democratic votes which means the entire Democratic Party could tap dance naked down Pennsylvania Avenue and no one would notice. I'm in a hopeless mood and can't see anything happening unless we win a majority in 2006.

[BradBlog]

8. Power Outtage in Virginia...

A massive power grid outtage has occured in VA, and has taken down a bunch of machines for the moment, include the BRAD BLOG server.

So you'll have trouble getting to my story linked above until the power comes back on. I'm told that will be "soon". Urgh.

Brad
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[BradBlog]

9. Power is back on...

...All is now well! Sorry for the several hours(!) of outtage today! Yeesh.

Brad

[Spectral]

10. Who's your power company?

:donut:

[election_2004]

11. Go Conyers!

He's charging in with both guns blazing, right when we really need him! (on one of the most important issues we need him for!)