Well there was more to the speech in the Wen Ho Lee case; the judge pretty much said that the government lied to him. I suppose it is good that the judge had enough integity to say so and follow up -- it looks like the man was released because the US tried to say "we have proof but it's classified" and the judge demanded that they produce it for his review and gee, they couldn't find it or couldn't produce it or something. So three cheers for an independent judiciary.
Richard Reid on the other hand... what can you say... he was a follower. It is good that the passengers next to him took him on. I am not sure if in his mind he was striking a blow for freedom or... what. The judge's speech is pretty eloquent. Reminds me of that story about the policemen who arrested the first who tried to blow up the World Trade Center, telling him the towers were still there. By the way, did they ever decide whether they were building them again or not? Dana On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:17:06 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sort of. I happened to just get it from my father, and it seemed mildly > related to the whole American judicial system with regards to crap. > (It's late and I've run out of brain. "Crap" is the best word I'm coming > up with right now.) > > -Kevin > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, >> 2003 9:53 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: A good american >> >> >> Kevin >> >> At first glance those cases seem totally different. One guy pled guilty >> and another innocent. One was found guilty, the other innocent. So I was >> wondering why you posted that speech. Then I realized that both judges >> were talking abot American justice.....is that it? >> >> Dana >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
