EU lawmaker says US pressured media on torture (1 Viewer)

[Alex]

The Bush Administration has again ignored part of what our country stands for: Freedom of the Press. They pressured Italian reporters to not name countries that housed CIA detention practices on the European Continent. Does this administration even know that we have a Constitution?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/ts_nm/security_detainees_dc_3

 

[Tashah]

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[LogicalReason]

The Bush Administration has again ignored part of what our country stands for: Freedom of the Press. They pressured Italian reporters to not name countries that housed CIA detention practices on the European Continent. Does this administration even know that we have a Constitution?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/ts_nm/security_detainees_dc_3

The question is what do they mean by pressured? To what degree? Did any such pressuring actually happen? And does our constitution protect Italian reporters freedom of speech in their own country of Italy?

Fava said that, while the delegation got no information about specific cases, it was important to put the United States on the spot. "I take satisfaction from their embarrassment, satisfaction from the difficulty they have in giving a concrete answer to a concrete question," the leftist Italian told reporters.

Seems like another example of European shallowness. :roll:

The European committee has no legal powers but can recommend political actions against any countries found to have been involved, including the United States.

Now this is the part I liked. Political actions against the United States by Europe. I can just picture the Texan declaring that any political actions against the US is a terrorist act of war and invading Europe. :lol:

 

[Volker]

The Bush administration has neither denied nor confirmed the CIA ran secret prisons and generally refuses to discuss details of flights to transfer terrorism suspects.

What, they did not even deny it? Can't they even make up stories anymore without having Collin Powell working for them?