Harmon Seaver (2004-04-03 22:44Z) wrote:
Here's another meme on the issue:
U.S. Unloading WMD in Iraq
In addition, former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has emphasized that the U.S. and British intelligence agencies issued false reports on Iraq leading to the U.S. attack. Meanwhile, the suspicious death of weapons inspector David Kelly is also an unresolved issue in Britain.
Everyone knows that he committed suicide. Just like Vince Foster. Incidentally, last Tuesday the Supreme Court ruled that the Vince Foster death-scene photos are not subject to FOIA requests. Kennedy even cited _Antigone_ as reason to protect already-taken death-scene photos of a scandal-embroiled public official (p. 9). The claimed rationale was that people requesting such photos must have some evidence (presumably a witness who claims knowledge that Foster was murdered) rather than just an unsubstantiated hunch. Otherwise, says Kennedy, privacy interests of the family outweigh public right to know. It's amusing the Supreme Court is unwilling to extend it's fear of "appearance of corruption" to cases like this. It's also amusing that they can't seem to find any difference between FOIA requests for death-scene photos of a public official mixed up in a scandal and, as Kennedy suggests, FOIA requests by murderers of death-scene photos of their victims, private citizens. The Appeals court had ordered the release of four of the (11?) pictures. NARA v. Favish - 02-954 - 2004-03-30 http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03slipopinion.html -- "You took my gun. It's just your word against mine!" "Not necessarily." -Bernie vs Tom, Miller's Crossing