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He is being 'tortured' or subject to cruel and inhumane/degrading,
punishment according to a submission by about 50 MEPs... and the
article does state 'one of the few'... <br>
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I think the lines on this issue are well drawn... so it suffices to
state that there is a difference regarding the use of
American/Northern Exceptionalism...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2012/08/23 12:34 PM, Deirdre
Williams wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:CAMz5XN7+UgBbi9dnBnxicjvS=WamReFr8-=bobU-92cssqzVGQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">The Guardian article cited by Riaz in its third
paragraph uses these words
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">one
of the very few individuals over the past decade to risk his
welfare, liberty and </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334341/WikiLeaks-Sarah-Palin-demands-Julian-Assange-hunted-like-Al-Qaeda-terrorist.html"
style="padding:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,86,137);text-decoration:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:no-repeat
no-repeat">even</a><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/07/fox-news-bob-beckel-calls_n_793467.html"
style="padding:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,86,137);text-decoration:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:no-repeat
no-repeat"> life</a><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> to
meaningfully challenge the secrecy regime on which the
American national security state (and those of its </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/03/un-torture-investigator-warns-uk-over.php"
style="padding:0px;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,86,137);text-decoration:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:no-repeat
no-repeat">obedient allies</a><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">)
depends</span></blockquote>
<div>to describe Julian Assange.</div>
<div>Whatever happened to Bradley Manning?</div>
<div>Deirdre </div>
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