Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation filed a lawsuit against the government of Alberta on June 4, 2008. They filed this lawsuit because of the Alberta government’s failure to consult with them regarding an oilsands development project 3km from their reserve, which will impact their fishing rights and overall way of life.
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Criminal Defense Attorney Kevin Hayslett explains that just because you have been arrested for a crime does not mean that you are convicted. An experienced criminal defense lawyer can help to prevent an arrest from being a conviction on your permanent record. To learn more, visit http://www.carlsonmeissner.com/practice-areas/criminal-defense-lawyers.aspx or call 1-800-LAW-5655
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Washington, D.C. U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan (FL-13) and Tom Rooney (FL-16) called today for House passage of Buchanans Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act (H.R. 4463). Two high-profile terrorists with links to al Qaeda are being processed through civilian courts instead of a military tribunal.
Terrorists with ties to known terror organizations such as al Qaeda should be tried by military tribunals, not our civilian court system.” said Buchanan, Al Qaeda is waging a war against America. Why would we want to treat an al Qaeda terrorist like an ordinary criminal?
Military tribunals are better designed for these kinds of cases, continued Buchanan. Al Qaeda members have sensitive information and contacts we need to examine. Military tribunals give us the opportunity to keep classified information safe while conducting trials. Not to mention the security costs.
The City of New York estimated that the cost for security operations would be close to $1 billion .
Rooney is an original cosponsor of the bill, which would mandate that any terrorist who attacks the United States or its people be interrogated, prosecuted and tried in military court, not civilian court.
Dangerous terrorists who are captured trying to do harm to the U.S. or its citizens do not belong in the civilian criminal justice system, said Rooney. The most important function of the government is to ensure the safety of our citizens. We must also make sure that our intelligence officials are protected and terrorist should not be afforded the same rights as American citizens. As a former Army JAG officer I fully believe the military tribunal system is a better venue to provide due process yet still provide protection the American people expect. This bill will go a long way to making our country a safer place.
Rooney served over four years in the U.S. Army Judicial Advocate General (JAG) Corps., taught Constitutional and Criminal Law at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and worked as an Assistant Attorney General.
The bill is cosponsored by a total of 37 House members including three leading, national security experts: the top Republican on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI); the vice chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX); and the vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard Buck McKeon (R-CA).
Alleged Terrorists slated to be tried in civilian court include Al Qaeda-trained Nigerian terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a U.S. airplane in Detroit on Christmas Day and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind behind the September 11 attacks that killed more than 3,000 people in New York City.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein of California , Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Jim Webb of Virginia and U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez of New York joined the growing bipartisan list of elected officials pressuring the Obama Administration to move September 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammeds trial our of New York City and into a military commission.
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Peter Robinson explores the global challenges confronting American today–from Iraq to Europe to Iran and the dangers of nuclear proliferation–with Kissinger, one of the country’s most preeminent foreign policy practitioners. Kissinger asserts that the 1960s myth, that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise, is alive and well. In this environment, he says, our leaders need to present a clear and educated vision of America’s role in the world.
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Live with President Vladimir Putin – Hot Line (excerpts)Part 7
December 24, 2001
Moscow, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, village of Kazache-Malevany (Krasnodar Region), Kaliningrad, Novosibirsk, Murmansk, Rostov-on-Don, St Petersburg
Прямая линия с Президентом России
24 декабря 2001 года
Москва, Владивосток, Екатеринбург, Казань, хутор Казаче-Малеваный (Краснодарский край), Калининград, Новосибирск, Мурманск, Ростов-на-Дону, Санкт-Петербург
At present the Government is grappling with two issues in this sphere. On the one hand, it is drafting additional legislation and on the other hand, economic validation is being provided. We are looking for sources of funding to create the necessary start-up capital for the insurance system. It is insufficiently developed today. Regarding schools. It is a separate topic which is even more important for the state. Insurance has no place here. We can use only direct financing. This is particularly true of the secondary school, more than of higher education. The school is in a difficult situation, just like the housing and utilities sector because it is in the hands of municipal authorities, which dont have sufficient budget revenues to maintain schools in proper conditions.Was it Sverdlovsk?
YEKATERINA ANDREYEVA: Yekaterinburg.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: I think the Yekaterinburg Region has the only school in Russia which is on strike. And yet Yekaterinburg is a high-revenue region, it is a net contributor to the federal budget. Why does it happen? Because there are certain problems in bringing support from the national and regional level to the municipal level, including support of schools.I think that problem can and must be solved. And I have prepared a decree, which I am going to sign before the end of the year. It is a very soft decree, but it recommends the heads of the Russian regions to introduce targeted subsidies for schools to maintain their facilities and material resources and the salaries of teachers. The federal budget will help the regions for its part.
PAVEL GAMOV (Orenburg): My name is Pavel Grigoryevich Gamov, I am a pensioner and I live in Orenburg. I have a question that worries me very much. How do you account for the fact that the courts pass long prison sentences for minor crimes while not using other means of punishment envisaged by the criminal law?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: Pavel Grigoryevich, you have touched a sore spot, you put your finger on it. The problem is there: it is a distortion of the governments crime control policy. The policy is set forth in the Criminal Code and we should see how to change it.Nothing like it happens in other democratic countries. Minor crimes of course can be punished in ways that do not involve imprisonment. At the same time court rulings regarding people who have committed serious crimes must be enforced. And the state must be consistent. The government has been given this task and we will tackle it.
YEKATERINA ANDREYEVA (reads out a question online): Petrov, an entrepreneur in Moscow, and Andrei Cherkashin, a journalist: are you aware that there is a popular new phrase, the cover market and that representatives of the law enforcement bodies are in the top spot in this criminal rating? What is the national government going to do to conquer the most powerful mafia in the land?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: I am aware of the problem, and there are no easy solutions. I am sure there are many questions on this topic, which is very close to the topic of corruption. In general, corruption and abuse of power, especially in the law enforcement sphere, is not unique to Russia. It is a scourge of many countries. But in Russia it has acquired a certain scale that the government cannot ignore.In order to solve this problem the situation in society as a whole must be changed, in economics and in the education sphere. But meaningful administrative decisions are also needed.One way to tackle this problem is to strengthen the law enforcement agencies and reform the courts. This is the aim of the package of laws on the reform of the judiciary which seeks to strengthen the courts, to make them more independent, on the one hand, and more accountable to society and the government, on the other hand. As you know, the Criminal Procedural Code is due to come into force next year, and under its provisions no citizen can be interrogated even when detained, not arrested, but simply detained, in the absence of a lawyer. So, if beginning from July 1 next year somebody detains you in the street, he has no right to interrogate you in the absence of your lawyer if you demand that a lawyer be present.
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