this may be heavy for survivors
Depositions Show Cardinal Was Notified Early of Abuse By Pam Belluck - Boston, 11/19/02 - "Virtually from the time he became archbishop of Boston in 1984, Cardinal Bernard F. Law received letters complaining about sexually abusive priests, but the responses to those accusations, either by Cardinal Law or aides working on his behalf, largely dismissed the concerns of the people making them, according to depositions released today....Despite a stream of complaints against priests, those who were accused of sexual abuse — and even those who admitted the accusations — were returned to parishes without parishioners' being informed about the abuse complaints. "I think it's no secret that there has been a pattern," said Jeffrey A. Newman, a lawyer working with Mr. MacLeish. "There was a pattern of protecting the priests despite specific knowledge by Cardinal Law and the bishops to the fact that there were allegations that children were being molested." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/20/national/20PRIE.html?ex=1038799562&ei=1&en=9ccaa6aef73a6400
Fifteen sue seven priests from Oregon The alleged abuse victims seek more than $70 Million. Alan Gustafson 11/19/02 "In a new round of sexual-abuse litigation against Roman Catholic clergy in Oregon of sexual abuse in lawsuits against the Portland archdiocese and the Diocese of Baker, which cover western and Eastern Oregon respectively. Those lawsuits are part of a sexual-abuse scandal that has swept the U.S. Catholic Church. More than 300 priests have been removed from the ministry this year." http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=52070
http://www.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=""> Scary Invasion of Privacy The Senate is poised ON TUESDAY to pass a version of the "Homeland Security Act" that would create a single database to round up personal information on every American. If the Senate passes this bill, the government will bring together in one grand database all the public and private information they can get their hands on including your credit history, the magazines you subscribe to, your banking, travel information, etc. Even conservative columnist and former Nixon administration official William Safire is frightened by the prospect -- Americans need to stop this. Please fill out the form and send the free faxes to your Senators.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-486536,00.html
November 20, 2002 War crimes arrest blow to Iraqi opposition By Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor
DANISH police arrested last night an exiled Iraqi general tipped as a possible replacement for President Saddam Hussein. He faces charges that he was responsible for killing thousands of Kurds in a chemical weapons attack 14 years ago. The arrest of General Nizar Khazraji, the former Iraqi Chief-of-Staff and the most senior officer to defect from Baghdad, appeared to wreck any chances that he might lead a mutiny in the Armed Forces and help to topple Saddam's regime.
General Khazraji, 64, commanded the Iraqi Armed Forces during the Iran-Iraq War, when Baghdad used banned poison gas against Iranian troops and Kurdish civilians. In the most notorious incident 5,000 Kurds in the town of Halabja were killed when Iraqi artillery and warplanes bombed the area with nerve gas and mustard gas.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Homeland-Security-Police.html?ex=1038798329&ei=1&en=adf7c9cd5452f813
Internet Provisions in Security Bill By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Internet providers such as America Online could give the government more information about subscribers and police would gain new Internet wiretap powers under legislation creating the new Department of Homeland Security. Provisions of the bill tucked into a section about ``cyber-security enhancements'' received scant attention during debate.....The bill also calls for greater legal protections for Internet providers, such as AOL or Microsoft Network, for giving government officials information about their subscribers during computer emergencies. If companies believe ``in good faith'' that there is risk of death or injury to any person, they can turn over details about customers -- even their e-mails -- without a warrant, under the bill. Civil liberties groups, such as the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center, contend the bill's language lets Internet providers reveal subscriber information to any government officials, not just investigators. Traditionally, U.S. companies have refused to act as agents for prosecutors without court-approved warrants, said Chris Hoofnagle, EPIC's legislative counsel.....Another part of the Homeland Security bill gives U.S. authorities new power to trace e-mails and other Internet traffic during cyber attacks without first obtaining even perfunctory court approval. That could happen only during ``an immediate threat to national security,'' or an attack against a ``protected computer.'' Prosecutors would need to obtain a judge's approval within 48 hours.
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