American Just Us

Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman’s been in jail for 247 days without the ability to APPEAL HIS CONVICTION. Although the trial ended 20 months ago, the court hasn’t seen fit to provide his counsel a transcript. Siegelman got 7 years for bribery on a bogus charge created from inuendoes and "indications." And it’s got Karl Rove's greasy fingers all over it. There's a 60s Minutes video included in this post. And if your interest grows, go to www.donsiegelman.com, the “Online Archive for Researchers, the Media & Scholars Interested in the Abuse of Jurisprudence for Political Purposes.” This case was given major attention by Dan Abrams of MSNBC, not just a 10 second sound bite but an investigative report titled: Bush League Justice: Alabama Outrage.
The railroading of Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman
Posted February 25th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Back in October, a nationally known print journalist told Harpers’ Scott Horton, “I’ve never seen anything quite like this. Everything I’ve been told by the convicted defendants checks out as the gospel truth. And everything I’m told by federal prosecutors who pushed the case turns out either to be an outrageous lie or at least a very serious distortion. And the local journalists who wrote the most about the case all behave like they’re accessories after the fact in a criminal investigation.”
The journalist was describing the Don Siegelman case in Alabama, and doing a pretty good job of it.
There’s been quite a bit of buzz in recent weeks about the report “60 Minutes” had been preparing on the controversy and, after having seen it, I’m delighted CBS has made it available for embedding. Please take a few minutes, even if you’ve heard the Siegelman story before, to take a look.
We haven’t struggled for examples of the Bush White House and the Republican Machine making a mockery of our justice system and the rule of law, but this is one of those examples that just leaves one shaking one’s head. No one wants to believe GOP corruption on this scale is even possible, and yet, it’s not only possible, it actually happened. [I want to TESTIFY!]
[...] We haven’t struggled for examples of the Bush White House and the Republican Machine making a mockery of our justice system and the rule of law, but this is one of those examples that just leaves one shaking one’s head. No one wants to believe GOP corruption on this scale is even possible, and yet, it’s not only possible, it actually happened. http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/14685.html
And Jack Abramoff is involved!

Let FBI Whistleblower Sibel Speak and Be Heard

Go, Sibel!
Sibel Edmonds Case: the untellable story of AIPAC By Lukery, Democratic Underground
One Last Chance
Sibel has evidence of the underlying crimes. She knows who the criminals are. She wants to testify under oath in Congress but the spineless Democrats, particularly Henry Waxman, want her to keep quiet about these issues.
In an act of desperation, Sibel has bravely offered to tell all, at great personal (both legal and physical) risk, if one of the major networks will air her story. Given the history, Sibel's offer is the only chance we'll have to hear any of these remarkable allegations.
Waxman can be contacted in DC: (202)225-3976 and LA:323 651-1040. The toll free Capitol switchboard number is 800-828-0498. See if you can shame him into doing something.
The blog We Can Change The World has put together a list (with contact details) of journalists and media outlets that have (partially) covered Sibel's story in the past. If you contact those journalists, perhaps they'll be willing to at least write about Sibel's offer - which might put pressure on either Waxman or one of the networks to actually take up the offer.
http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com/