The confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General is one of the darkest moments in U.S. history. There is little doubt that Gonzales' legal rationales are linked to the abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
In the eyes of the world, the U.S. has openly confirmed a policy of torture. It makes me ashamed of my country. As Marisa Arrona poignantly asks, "Is this the best we can do?"
I stand firmly with Sister Dianna Ortiz. There must be "Zero Tolerance for Torture."
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Our governments arguments that enemy combatants are subject only to the President in his capacity as Commander in Chief, should alarm all American citizens, but as what has been pointed out in the New York Times if an elderly woman living in Switzerland contributes money to a charity for orphans, and our CIA decides the organization is a front for Al Queda, she can be arrested and detained at Guantanamo with absolutely no rights. This is obviously going to be of great concern to the entire world, not just citizens of the United States. The editor of the New York Times said that our constitution never intended to give the President "Carte Blanche" in this manner. Actually what our government is arguing is expressly forbidden in the Constitution, Article 1 section 9 point 3. The forbidding of making a Bill of Attainder. Which is exactly what our Justice department is saying the President now has, not just over people in this country, but throughout the entire World.
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