Monday, June 25, 2012

chase

luke rudowski and abby martin confront alberto gonzales about torture. as a we are change subscriber, i've been watching luke rudowski pound the pavement, chasing down and confronting evasive politicians, world leaders, and representatives of the 1% -- for a number of weeks now.  suddenly - a *pause* in the pattern - because alberto gonzales (whether he means to or not) does, indeed, respond.




partial transcript, as follows:

luke:  “As the White House attorney, you advised Mr. Bush that he was above international law and the Geneva Conventions –“
alberto:  “I didn’t advise him of that.”
luke:  “Yes you did – there’s a memo you released advising him of that, Sir –“
[alberto disappears in room, hopefully ushered in against his will, due to the busy schedule of an important person, and not of his own free accord ... important person alberto reappears;  reporter luke follows him]

luke:  “So, are you denying the official memos you wrote that were released saying that George W. Bush was above the Geneva Conventions and international law?”
alberto:  “Yeah, we always tried as hard as we could to ensure that the actions we’d taken were consistent  with BINDING [Gonzales’ emphasis] domestic and international law.”
luke:  “But you wrote a memo saying it wasn’t – and do you have any regret and remorse for the people who were tortured .. some of them were killed .. ?”
alberto:  “I am proud of my service as Attorney General –“
luke: “Ninety-two percent of them weren’t Al-Qaeda fighters, according to government documents –“
abby:  “You don’t feel bad that you codified torturers, Sir?”
[alberto smiling and waving as he walks away -]
abby:  “You don’t feel bad at all that you codified torture?”
luke: “Nothing?”
[alberto, still smiling, walks away.]

more at the youtube link.

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