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Injustice in the Age of Obama (Cindy Sheehan)

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Barack Obama, a former law professor, should have a healthy respect for civil liberties, but his actions suggest not

Oct. 20, 2010 (Al-Jazeera) -- Since being the defendant in about six trials after I was arrested for protesting the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, it’s my experience that the police lie. Period.

However the lies don’t stop at street law enforcement level. From lies about WMD and connections to "al Qaeda," almost every institution of so-called authority -- the Pentagon, State Department, CIA, FBI, all the way up to the Oval Office and back down -- lie. Not white lies, but big, Mother of all BS (MOAB) lies that lead to the destruction of innocent lives. I.F Stone was most definitely on the ball when he proclaimed, "Governments lie."

Having clarified that, I would now like to examine a case that should be enshrined in the travesty of the U.S. Justice Hall of Shame.

In February of this year, Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani mother of three, was convicted in U.S. Federal (kangaroo) Court of seven counts, including two counts of "attempted murder of an American." On Sept. 23, Judge Berman, who displayed an open bias against Dr. Siddiqui, sentenced her to 86 years in prison.

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