Ridge: Detainees deserved due process
Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge say WHAAAAAAA?????
In a classic example of WHAT WENT WRONG THE LAST 8 YEARS, Tom Ridge is only NOW brave enough to say that he believes the United States was unjust to go against International Law.
Speaking on the BBC’s ‘World Today” program, the former Pennsylvania governor and first federal homeland security chief said he accepts some of the criticisms levied in a recent report International Commission of Jurists.
“regardless of what terror suspects are accused of doing, they deserve “some sense of due process.”
Bravery and courage require SPEAKING OUT when your morals and values are violated. Ridge did neither. Sure, its great that he mea culpas now, but what about the hundreds of thousands of moments of torture that happened under his watch, because he did not speak out?
Ridge has a history of abdicating his conscience and blindly following George Bush’s leadership. According to USA Today,
The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says.
Ridge … said … that he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate the threat level to orange, or “high” risk of terrorist attack, but was overruled.
In case you’re wondering, here is the level of ALERT for today:
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