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    0 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 24 2007 | movies, terrorism, law
    Apple - Trailers - Terror’s Advocate - Trailer

    This looks like it's going to be powerful.

    Quoted: A history of world terrorist movement as told through the story of the enigmatic figure Jacques Verges. Communist, anti-colonialist, right-wing extremist? What convictions guide the moral mind of Jacques Vergès? Barbet Schroeder takes us down history’s darkest paths in his attempt to illuminate the mystery behind this enigmatic figure. As a young lawyer during the Algerian war, Vergès espoused the anti- colonialist cause and defended Djamila Bouhired, ‘la Pasionaria,’ who bore her country’s hopes for freedom on her shoulders and was sentenced to death for planting bombs in cafes. He obtained her release, married her and had two children with her. Then suddenly, at the height of an illustrious career, Vergès disappeared without trace for eight years. He re-emerged from his mysterious absence, taking on the defense of terrorists of all kinds, from Magdalena Kopp and Anis Naccache to Carlos the Jackal. He represented historical monsters such as Nazi lieutenant Klaus Barbie. From the lawyer’s inflammatory and provocative cases to his controversial terrorist links, Barbet Schroeder follows the winding trail left by this ‘devil’s advocate,’ as he forges his unique path in law and politics. Schroeder explores and questions the history of ‘blind terrorism’ through his penetrating investigation of this compelling man and leads us towards shocking revelations that expose long-hidden links in history.

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    0 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 20 2006 | microsoft, search, internet, Google, Yahoo, China, human rights, government, freedom of expression, international law, law, Amnesty International
    New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Amnesty International criticises US web companies

    Quoted: Google, Microsoft and Yahoo stand accused of putting corporate interests above the human rights of the Chinese people. The allegations come in an analysis of the three firms' business practices in China, issued by the human rights watchdog Amnesty International.

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    0 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 23 2006 | BlackBerry, RIM, email, law, news
    Supreme Court rejects BlackBerry patent appeal - Wireless World - MSNBC.com

    How do you feel about Blackberry without email service?

    Quoted: The Supreme Court Monday turned down a request to review a major patent infringement ruling against the maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device.

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    0 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 04 2006 | jurisprudence, law, torture
    Bush vs. Camus - What Albert Camus and the "little-ease" say about U.S. torture policies. By Peter Brooks

    Those who do not learn history are condemned to repeat it...

    Quoted: In the intensifying debate on the U.S. treatment of detainees in its "war on terror," I find myself thinking of a key moment in the monologue of Albert Camus' abject narrator in his novel The Fall.

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