"“We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.” "


Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009


""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."


Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Time is running out for War Criminal Jack Straw - the torturers apprentice


The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has agreed to hear evidence on torture on Tuesday 28 April at 1.45pm from an expert witness . Craig Murray.

On his website with this welcome news he adds ..

"I will testify that as British Ambassador, I was told there is a very definite policy to accept intelligence from torture abroad, that the policy was instituted and approved by Jack Straw when Foreign Secretary. I will tell them that as Ambassador I protested formally three times in writing to Jack Straw, and that the Foreign Office told me in reply to my protests that this was perfectly legal.

I will prove my evidence with documentation."

Here is the written evidence he will speak to ...
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/03/trying_again_my.html#comments

500 plus people lobbied the Joint Human Rights Committee whose members are ;

Member Constituency Party
Mr Andrew Dismore MP (Chair)HendonLabour
Mr John Austin MPErith and ThamesmeadLabour
Dr Evan Harris MPOxford West & AbingdonLiberal Democrats
Mr Virendra Sharma MPEaling SouthallLabour
Mr Richard Shepherd MPAldridge-BrownhillsConservative
Mr Edward Timpson MPCrewe and NantwichConservative
Lord Bowness
Conservative
Lord Dubs
Labour
Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Liberal Democrats
Lord Morris of Handsworth
Labour
The Earl of Onslow
Conservative
Baroness Prashar
Cross Bench

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Craig (having read Orangemen of Togo) is a bit of a boyo, but a good egg. There's not enough of (ex-government) people like him, spillin the beans, I'd say.

It'll be interesting to see how the JCHR deals with the his providencial evidence, gathered at the then frontline of HMG.

The JCHR reports are listed here - check how the committee deals with his contribution of Tuesday 28 April 2009, in due course.

Torture affects us all - the effects trickle down... - the UK guberment utilising and creating evidence from its practice in pursuance of prosecutions which make up the story of the British 'War on Terror'.

(C) Very Seriously Disorganised Criminals 2002/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 - copy anything you wish