From naiman at justforeignpolicy.org Thu Sep 1 17:09:44 2016 From: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (Robert Naiman) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 12:09:44 -0500 Subject: [Peace] Thursday at 5:30pm: Local Democratic Official to Urge Durbin, Duckworth to Oppose Saudi Arms Deal Message-ID: I just sent this to all Champaign-Urbana media and to Durbin and Duckworth's foreign policy staffers. *MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: *Thursday, September 1, 2016 *CONTACT**: *Robert Naiman: (202) 448-2898 x1; naiman at justforeignpolicy.org *Thursday at 5:30pm: Local Democratic Official to Urge Durbin, Duckworth to Oppose Saudi Arms Deal* *Champaign**, IL — *On Thursday, September 1, local Democratic elected official Robert Naiman will deliver 1100 signatures from Illinois residents to Senator Dick Durbin and Representative Tammy Duckworth urging them to oppose the Administration's proposed arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The MoveOn petitions are online here and here , with 686 and 414 Illinois signers, respectively. Durbin and Duckworth are appearing in *Champaign* at the *I Hotel* on *1900 S. First Ave* at *5:30 pm* at an event in support of Duckworth's candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Naiman is a member of the Champaign County Democratic Central Committee, the Precinct Committeeman for Cunningham 18 (Urbana), and a former member of the Champaign County Board. He is also the Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy , which opposes the proposed Saudi arms deal. The Saudi arms deal is also opposed by Oxfam America, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch. Just Foreign Policy recently supported a bipartisan letter led by Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA], Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL], Rep. John Conyers [D-MI], and Mick Mulvaney [R-SC], calling for the Saudi arms deal to be postponed. 64 Members of the House signed the letter ; Rep. Tammy Duckworth was not among the signers . "As I told *Foreign Policy* , the Lieu-Yoho letter showed members of Congress are increasingly ready to move from expressing private concerns to the administration to taking public action to reduce U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen," Naiman said. "Unfortunately, so far Sen. Durbin and Rep. Duckworth are not yet among those ready to speak out. I hope that 1100 signatures from people across Illinois will help Sen. Durbin and Rep. Duckworth find their voice." *WHAT: "*Oppose Saudi arms deal" petition delivery to Sen. Dick Durbin & Rep. Tammy Duckworth. The petitions are online: Congress: Block Arms Transfer to Saudi Arabia to Force Debate on Yemen War (national petition, 15,858 signatures, of whom 686 are Illinois signers.) @SenatorDurbin & @RepDuckworth: Oppose the Saudi arms deal! (Illinois petition, 414 Illinois signers.) *WHERE:* I Hotel – 1900 S. First Ave, Champaign IL *WHEN:* Thursday, September 1st, 5:30-7:30 p.m. *For more information about the petition delivery, please contact Robert Naiman at **(202) 448-2898 x1* *or naiman at justforeignpolicy.org .* *=== * Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (202) 448-2898 x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From naiman at justforeignpolicy.org Fri Sep 2 20:32:56 2016 From: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (Robert Naiman) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 15:32:56 -0500 Subject: [Peace] at change.org: Saudis Must Face Consequences for Promoting Extremism Message-ID: OK, here's a little experiment. Gotta try things. I fear that we might not make much progress on obstructing the Saudi arms deal unless we can "cross over." The opposition can't just be liberal weenies who care about international humanitarian law. We need some help from Republicans who may not care about international humanitarian law that much but don't like Saudi Arabia. So I set up a petition at change.org, which is a "crossover site" - does "Republican" stuff as well as "Democratic" stuff. The petition doesn't mention Yemen at all. It just cites Farah Pandith saying in December that there must be consequences for Saudi Arabia if it doesn't stop supporting extremism, and then notes that eight months later, the New York Times reports that both Clinton and Trump are calling out Saudi Arabia's support of extremism, but neither is talking about consequences. Then it notes that the Obama Administration has just announced a billion dollar weapons deal, and that Senators Paul and Murphy plan to oppose it, and asks people to support that. "Send it up the flagpole and see who salutes." Saudis Must Face Consequences for Promoting Extremism https://www.change.org/p/u-s-senate-saudis-must-face- consequences-for-promoting-extremism === Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (202) 448-2898 x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sat Sep 3 21:26:05 2016 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 21:26:05 +0000 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Wedgie for Gitmo Kangaroo Courts at UI Law School In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Professor Boyle, Midge’s article “October Surprise: Harold K”Killer” Koh to Lecture at UI Law School in Election Week” is now available in the Public I. I picked up some extra copies if you like. On Sep 3, 2016, at 12:15, Boyle, Francis A via Peace-discuss > wrote: Akhil Reed Amar Yale Law School The Yale Law Mafia Brother of our current Yale Law Mafia Dean who invited Yale Law Mafia Killer Koh to speak on October 28 to get Yale Law Mafia Mrs Clinton elected President 10 days later. All these Law Professors and Lawyers are just a Gang of Thugs beating up on a handful of law students with the courage, the integrity and the principles to say: NEVER AGAIN! Ditto for the University of Illinois Law Faculty—Just a Gang of Thugs! Fab Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (phone) 217-244-1478 (fax) (personal comments only) From: Amanda Bass [mailto:abass10 at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 2:01 PM To: Boyle, Francis A > Cc: Karen Aram >; C. G. Estabrook >; C. G. Estabrook >; Peace Discuss >; David Johnson >; Stuart Levy >; Karen Medina >; Szoke, Ron >; Mildred O'brien >; peace at lists.chambana.net; davegreen84 at yahoo.com; Readel, Karin >; Estabrook, Carl G >; Belden Fields >; jmachota at shout.net; Vietnam Veterans Against the War Mailing List >; Bryan Savage >; Hoffman, Valerie J >; Miller, Joseph Thomas >; sherwoodross10 at gmail.com Subject: Re: Wedgie for Gitmo Kangaroo Courts at UI Law School Thanks FAB, also for your support during that campaign. You all can view the very long list of the liberal hawks who came out in support of Koh: https://sites.google.com/site/haroldkohletter/ Some names will likely surprise you, as they did me. Amanda On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Boyle, Francis A > wrote: Thanks Amanda. Remember Amanda had the courage, integrity and principles to organize the NYU Law Students against Killer Koh there and he had overwhelming support from their Law Faculty as well as National Support from Dem Law Professors—just a Gang of Thugs beating up on students. Fab. Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (phone) 217-244-1478 (fax) (personal comments only) From: Amanda Bass [mailto:abass10 at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 1:49 PM To: Boyle, Francis A > Cc: Karen Aram >; C. G. Estabrook >; C. G. Estabrook >; Peace Discuss >; David Johnson >; Stuart Levy >; Karen Medina >; Szoke, Ron >; Mildred O'brien >; peace at lists.chambana.net; davegreen84 at yahoo.com; Readel, Karin >; Estabrook, Carl G >; Belden Fields >; jmachota at shout.net; Vietnam Veterans Against the War Mailing List >; Bryan Savage >; Hoffman, Valerie J >; Miller, Joseph Thomas >; sherwoodross10 at gmail.com Subject: Re: Wedgie for Gitmo Kangaroo Courts at UI Law School That's an excellent idea. Apparently, Clinton, as SOS, went through 13 different blackberries... Amanda On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Boyle, Francis A > wrote: At the time my prior calculation was that if I dressed up a guy in a Kangaroo outfit, all of the Media and the Audience would focus on the Kangaroo, thus associating everything she was saying about the Gitmo Kangaroo Courts with the Kangaroo and completely discrediting her. It worked. So maybe someone can show up at Killer Koh’s lecture on October 28 dressed up as a Blackberry, stand in front of the Law Auditorium before the Lecture, and then sit directly in front of him for the entire lecture without saying anything. You won’t have to a word. Just be there. Everyone will get the Message about him and Clinton.fab. Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (phone) 217-244-1478 (fax) (personal comments only) From: Boyle, Francis A Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 8:37 AM To: SECTNS.aals at lists.aals.org Subject: FW: Gitmo Kangaroo Courts FAB to Wedgie: “Have you sought independent advice from a competent international criminal lawyer about your own personal criminal accountability for committing war crimes?” Wedgie refused to answer. Ditto for Goldsmith. Fab Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (phone) 217-244-1478 (fax) (personal comments only) "I felt we needed to make a statement," said Boyle. "These kangaroo courts are un-American." ________________________________ Archives | Contacts Friday, March 29, 2002 > News > News Story [ ] [Search] Speaker defends military tribunals Alina Dizik The Daily Illini Brian Lambert The Daily Illini Law professor Francis Boyle (front) and "Wedgie the Kangaroo" listen to a speech on Military Tribunals given by Ruth Wedgewood on Thursday afternoon in the Law Building's Rowe Auditorium. Troubled by the "Kangaroo" courts the President ordered last year, the members of the audience came to voice their opinion, with one protester even going to the extent of wearing a kangaroo costume as a sign of protest. Yale law professor Ruth Wedgewood defended President George W. Bush's military tribunals to protesters who believed these courts violate human rights. Wedgewood helped draft proposals to prosecute about 150 detained, suspected terrorists in military tribunals rather than jury trials. She explained in a Thursday afternoon lecture that tribunals provide more options for submitting evidence. It is easier to build a case, so the process is faster than the traditional trials, Wedgewood said. Detainees cannot appeal the decision. University law professor Francis Boyle gathered students in Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union to protest the lecture. A kangaroo-costumed person stood outside the Max L. Rowe Auditorium in the Law Building. They passed out flyers encouraging audience members to ask Wedgewood questions not addressed in the lecture. "I felt we needed to make a statement," said Boyle. "These kangaroo courts are un-American." Protesters argued the tribunals jump to the conclusion that the detainees are guilty and that President George W. Bush's proposed military courts will aid in the mistreatment of suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "They are set up as a conviction conveyor belt; no one has ever been found not guilty," said law student Tony Weiner. But, Wedgewood argued against the assumptions that tribunals lead to predetermined guilt handed down by harsh military personnel. "Military people are engaging, morally concerned people," Wedgewood said. Wedgewood told the skeptical audience that the U.S. court system cannot adapt to the terrorism situation. "September 11 did not have a chance to morph federal district courts," said Wedgewood. "Military commissions give more latitude. It's the traditional way that the law has been enforced." Brian Lambert The Daily Illini Yale law professor Ruth Wedgewood listens to questions Thursday in the Law Building during her speech about military tribunals ordered by President George W. Bush for non-U.S. citizens suspected of involvement with terrorism. She said military tribunals fit the nation's constantly changing view of the conflict with Islamic Fundamentalists. "We did not understand the Islamic World and didn't know the depth of anger until 9-11," said Wedgewood. She explained jurors could be in danger if they are forced to participate in verdicts against detainees because of unpredictable violence. Retired attorney George Brazitis praised Wedgewood's ability as a speaker but disagreed with the content. "She has the best possible case for the Bush administration viewpoint," Brazitis said. "President Bush would need to amend the constitution to carry out all of the wars that he is proposing." Those opposing the "kangaroo courts" say the United States is not in a war and should not try detainees in that fashion. Before Nov. 13, 2001, military tribunals were last implemented during World War II. "(Wedgewood) doesn't address major problems as to whether we even have a war, nor the violation of the constitutional provision that war can only be declared by Congress," Brazitis said. Some audience members did not have definite views, though. "I have problems with both approaches, we need to do something but I do not know the right approach," law student Adam Keser said. Related Links * NPR Polls on Military Tribunals Send letters to letters at dailyillini.com. Printer-friendly version Related Links * Krannert Museum News Stories Monks create mandala in Krannert Art Museum Anti-bioterrorism funding priority for state Speaker defends military tribunals Trustee to bow out for new board New voting system not coming to Champaign Terror warning alerts abroad students in Italy Gov. Ryan freezes pay raises Police Blotter © 2002 Illini Media Company, all rights reserved. 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Henry; “Why Traditional School is a Dangerous Place for Black > Boys” by Lori Patterson; “IMC Helps Pass Prison Phone Justice Bill in > Illinois” by Brian Dolinar; “We Don't Need a New Jail, We Need Abolition” > by Kadeem Fuller; “Statement on the Upcoming Ballot Referendum on ‘Public > Facilities;’" by Build Programs, Not Jails; “The World According to the > News-Gazette” by David Prochaska; “Activists Among Us: Claire Szoke” by > Julie Laut; “October Surprise: Harold "Killer" Koh to Lecture at UI Law > School in Election Week;” by Midge O’Brien; “The Syrian Refugee Crisis and > the Problem of Categories” by Janice Jayes; and “Myths of Unity” by Ricardo > Pierre-Louis. > > Thanks to all our contributors! Please contact us if you would like to > publish in the Public i, our next deadline is April 20. > > Don't just take the news, make the news! > > BD > -- > Brian Dolinar, Ph.D. > briandolinar.com > -- Brian Dolinar, Ph.D. briandolinar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Sep 4 21:48:15 2016 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 21:48:15 +0000 Subject: [Peace] September issue of Public i out now! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Brian, has it been uploaded yet, we are waiting for the electronic copy. And, thank you so much for all you do. On Sep 4, 2016, at 14:46, Brian Dolinar via Peace > wrote: Sorry, meant to say our next deadline is September 20! BD On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Brian Dolinar > wrote: The Back to School issue of the Public i is out now! It is available at coffee shops and libraries in CU. Articles include: “CU Schools Need to Work Harder to Involve African American Parents” by Deloris P. Henry; “Why Traditional School is a Dangerous Place for Black Boys” by Lori Patterson; “IMC Helps Pass Prison Phone Justice Bill in Illinois” by Brian Dolinar; “We Don't Need a New Jail, We Need Abolition” by Kadeem Fuller; “Statement on the Upcoming Ballot Referendum on ‘Public Facilities;’" by Build Programs, Not Jails; “The World According to the News-Gazette” by David Prochaska; “Activists Among Us: Claire Szoke” by Julie Laut; “October Surprise: Harold "Killer" Koh to Lecture at UI Law School in Election Week;” by Midge O’Brien; “The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Problem of Categories” by Janice Jayes; and “Myths of Unity” by Ricardo Pierre-Louis. Thanks to all our contributors! Please contact us if you would like to publish in the Public i, our next deadline is April 20. Don't just take the news, make the news! 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URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Mon Sep 5 01:30:53 2016 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 01:30:53 +0000 Subject: [Peace] September 2016 Issue Public I and "Killer Koh" article by Midge O'Brien In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [http://publici.ucimc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PiMasthead1.jpeg] Skip to content * About Us * Contributors * Sustainers * In Print (Archives) * UC-IMC * Have a comment, tip, photo or story idea? ← Activists Among Us: Claire Szoke CU Schools Need to Work Harder to Involve African American Parents → October Surprise: Harold “Killer” Koh to Lecture at UI Law School in Election Week Posted on September 2016 by Midge O'Brien [th] Harold Hongju Koh Harold Hongju Koh, Hillary Clinton’s former legal advisor at the State Department has been invited as an ‘endowed speaker’ at the U.I. College of Law, twelve days prior to the November election. Koh, currently a Yale Law School professor and former Dean, is a close friend of Yale Law School graduates Bill and Hillary Clinton. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; and by President Obama, as senior legal advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: he provided legal advice to her during the 2009 coup in Honduras, the 2011 US/NATO attack on Libya, and Obama’s ongoing drone assassinations – as well as damage-control in her email controversy. He won’t say what that advice was, claiming “attorney-client privilege” – despite the Supreme Court ruling against attorney-client confidences between government lawyers and government officials. An avid advocate of the targeted killing program, “Killer Koh” supports the legality of what he terms “extrajudicial killing” in Pakistan, Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries in the US “war on terror,” saying it complies “with all applicable law, including the laws of war,” and citing the ‘principle of proportionality’ in “taking great care in planning and execution to ensure that only ‘legitimate’ objectives are targeted and that collateral damage is kept to a minimum.” In a feeble attempt at transparency, the Obama administration recently released a modest admission that some “116 civilians” may have been victims of U. S. drone attacks – a figure that is not reconcilable with the accounts of eyewitnesses, journalists and human rights researchers, who have documented many thousands of casualties. President Obama said – in a revealing moment of self-reflection – “Turns out I’m really good at killing people … Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine” (from Mark Halperin & John Heilemann, “Double Down: Game Change 2012”). If Hillary Clinton is elected president, with the advice of Tim Kaine and Killer Koh, she may be even more eager to mass-murder than her predecessor: the number of casualties would likely exceed that of Obama’s kill list, just as his toll today greatly outnumbers G. W. Bush’s. Late on Friday 5 August, the White House grudgingly complied with an Federal Court order (from an ACLU suit) and released a redacted “President’s Policy Guidance” (PPG) on Obama’s program of targeted killings. The PPG stipulates that “nothing in this PPG shall be construed to prevent the President from exercising his Constitutional authority … to authorize lethal force against an individual who poses a continuing, imminent threat to another country’s persons.” (Killing US citizens requires specific approval by the President). Death lists are drawn up weekly by the ‘nominating committee’ and are reviewed by lawyers of the nominating agencies (CIA, Pentagon, NSC, officials of the State Department and “deputies and principals of the nominating committee”). Of the seven Middle Eastern countries where drone assassinations take place, “active war zones” – Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan (it’s not clear if Libya is included) – do not require prior approval. With this protocol in place, the White House and the National Security Council are insulated from outside scrutiny, even by Congress. It assumes that the Commander in Chief can do anything s/he wants; it would provide a President Clinton #2, with the approval of hawks Tim Kaine and Harold Koh, immense power and license to kill. Koh as the (former) State Department lawyer has publicly defended extrajudicial killing as “due process under the Constitution in the age of moral and political degeneration.” In a speech at the Oxford Political Union in 2013 he said, “This Administration has not done enough to be transparent about the legal standards and decision making process … fostering a growing perception that the program [extrajudicial killing] is not lawful and necessary…,” adding that this lack of transparency is counterproductive and has led to the “negative public image” of targeted killing. Does Prof. Koh think the recent exposure of the (heavily redacted) PPG ordered by the Court provides the “transparency” to satisfy critics of the legality of targeted killing? Although Koh has been described as a prominent advocate of human and civil rights (apparently exclusively of US citizens), he has been an “equal opportunist” as a legal advisor to Reagan, Clinton and Obama administrations – all of whom have violated the human rights of foreign nationals. He hardly represented human and civil rights as a member of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel to the President in the Reagan administration, when that office justified violations of international law, the Charter of United Nations and the US Constitution, in grievous violation of human rights and attempts to destabilize the countries of Grenada, El Salvador, Nicaragua (attempting to withdraw from the International Court of Justice, which denounced the US for bombing Nicaraguan harbors), Guatemala, Libya, Angola and elsewhere in southern Africa; and when it supported the South African apartheid government against its black population, supported Israel’s invasion and massacres of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, and supported illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Occupied Territories – for which the US exercised its veto in the U.N. Security Council, in opposition to sanctions against US. In addition, the Reagan administration and its legal advisors refused to support nuclear test ban treaties, instead proliferating first-strike nuclear weapons, SDI (“star wars”) and MX missiles. Not a record to be proud of for someone serving as legal counsel to the president. The opportunity extended Harold Koh to lecture potential scholars of political and international law poses the question, Is the University of Illinois College of Law – with its record of sanctions – qualified to educate future lawyers, when it sponsors a person of Harold H. Koh’s character in these politically charged times? The Nuremberg Military Tribunal in 1947 stated unequivocally that the crimes of the ten civilian Nazi defendants who were convicted of murder and other atrocities, conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity of civilians and nationals of occupied territories, were liable to severe penalty whether or not they had engaged in military action. The Nuremberg judgment still stands in international law. A reception to protest Professor Koh’s appearance is planned at the north courtyard of the College of Law before the lecture on the afternoon of October 28. (Midge O’Brien was an academic professional in U. of I. life science laborotories over twenty years and secretary in the Union of Professional Employees; was an election judge twelve years; a member of Nuclear Freeze, and Prairie Alliance against nuclear power; and an anti-war activist since 1965. She is a member of the Green Party.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Tue Sep 6 01:00:39 2016 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 01:00:39 +0000 Subject: [Peace] October Surprise: Harold In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fabulous idea. Welcome “chicago at worldcantwait.net. A Facebook Page is a good idea.., we can use all the help we can get. > On Sep 5, 2016, at 16:42, Boyle, Francis A wrote: > > And since I circulated our little package with the picture to hundreds of law profs I am sure we will be seeing yet another Petition in favor of Killer Koh by the same group of Law Prof Thugs who beat up on the courageous NYU Law Students including Amanda Bass above directed to our Yale Law Mafia Dean whose Yale Law Faculty Mafia Brother already signed that first Petition in favor of Yale Law Mafia Killer Koh beating up on the NYU Law Students. All Just a Gang of Thugs. They get no respect from me. A Gang of Law Professors beating up on a handful of law students with the courage,integrity and principles to say: Never again! We will give them all a run for their money! > > Fab > > > Francis A. Boyle > Law Building > 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. > Champaign IL 61820 USA > 217-333-7954 (phone) > 217-244-1478 (fax) > (personal comments only) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Boyle, Francis A > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 6:34 PM > To: 'chicago at worldcantwait.net' ; Amanda Bass ; C. G. Estabrook ; C. G. Estabrook ; Peace Discuss ; David Johnson ; Stuart Levy ; Karen Medina ; Szoke, Ron ; Mildred O'brien ; peace at lists.chambana.net; davegreen84 at yahoo.com; Readel, Karin ; Estabrook, Carl G ; Belden Fields ; jmachota at shout.net; Vietnam Veterans Against the War Mailing List ; Bryan Savage ; Hoffman, Valerie J ; Miller, Joseph Thomas ; sherwoodross10 at gmail.com; David Swanson ; Karen Aram > Subject: RE: FW: October Surprise: Harold > > I am adding Chicago World Can't Wait to my Killer Koh List. They have offered to help us out down here and I have worked with them up there and they do good work. I think their suggestion of Facebook on our Reception for Killer Koh is a good idea. Fab. > > Fab > > > Francis A. Boyle > Law Building > 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. > Champaign IL 61820 USA > 217-333-7954 (phone) > 217-244-1478 (fax) > (personal comments only) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: chicago at worldcantwait.net [mailto:chicago at worldcantwait.net] > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 5:51 PM > To: Boyle, Francis A > Subject: Re: FW: October Surprise: Harold > > Thanks for the piece on Killer Koh, very helpful. We will circulate this among anti-war activists, pro-Palestinian groups, people active in opposing the coup in Honduras and others. I think a Facebook event to publicize the "reception for Killer Koh at 11:30 am on Friday, Oct. 28" > would be another effective tool to get the word out in Chicago, if you have no objection. Of course, I have to consult with the World Can't Wait chapter first, and we have over a month. > > Please forward other materials you think would be helpful too. > > Thanks! > > Jay > > >> Good to hear from you. Thanks. Our reception for Killer Koh begins >> around >> 1130 am in the North Courtyard of the Law Building Complex on Peabody >> Drive. Be there or be square. Fab. >> >> Francis A. Boyle >> Law Building >> 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. >> Champaign IL 61820 USA >> 217-333-7954 (phone) >> 217-244-1478 (fax) >> (personal comments only) >> >> From: Boyle, Francis A >> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 7:47 AM >> To: 'SECTNS.aals at lists.aals.org' >> Subject: October Surprise: Harold “Killer” Koh to >> Lecture at UI Law School in Election Week | >> >> Killary and Killer Koh. Fab. >> [http://media.breitbart.com/media/2015/03/hillary-clinton-sunglasses-b >> lackberrry-Kevin-Lamarque-AP.jpg] >> >> [http://publici.ucimc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PiMasthead1.jpeg] >> Skip to >> content> -lecture-at-ui-law-school-in-election-week/#content> >> § About Us >> § Contributors >> § Sustainers >> § In Print (Archives) >> § UC-IMC >> § Have a comment, tip, photo or story >> idea?>> >> ← Activists Among Us: Claire >> Szoke >> CU Schools Need to Work Harder to Involve African American Parents >> →> volve-african-american-parents/> October Surprise: Harold >> “Killer” Koh to Lecture at UI Law School in Election >> Week Posted on September >> 2016> cture-at-ui-law-school-in-election-week/> >> by Midge O'Brien >> 0 Flares Filament.io Made with Flare More >> Info> dium=deployment&utm_content=flarebar&utm_campaign=filament> >> 0 Flares >> ×> o-lecture-at-ui-law-school-in-election-week/#close> >> [th] >> Harold Hongju Koh >> Harold Hongju Koh, Hillary Clinton’s former legal advisor at >> the State Department has been invited as an ‘endowed >> speaker’ at the U.I. College of Law, twelve days prior to the November election. >> Koh, currently a Yale Law School professor and former Dean, is a close >> friend of Yale Law School graduates Bill and Hillary Clinton. He was >> appointed by President Bill Clinton as Assistant Secretary of State >> for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; and by President Obama, as >> senior legal advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: he >> provided legal advice to her during the 2009 coup in Honduras, the >> 2011 US/NATO attack on Libya, and Obama’s ongoing drone >> assassinations - as well as damage-control in her email controversy. >> He won’t say what that advice was, claiming >> “attorney-client privilege” - despite the Supreme Court >> ruling against attorney-client confidences between government lawyers and government officials. >> An avid advocate of the targeted killing program, “Killer >> Koh” supports the legality of what he terms >> “extrajudicial killing” in Pakistan, Yemen and other >> Middle Eastern countries in the US “war on terror,” >> saying it complies “with all applicable law, including the laws >> of war,” and citing the ‘principle of >> proportionality’ in “taking great care in planning and >> execution to ensure that only ‘legitimate’ objectives >> are targeted and that collateral damage is kept to a minimum.” >> In a feeble attempt at transparency, the Obama administration recently >> released a modest admission that some “116 civilians” >> may have been victims of U. S. drone attacks - a figure that is not >> reconcilable with the accounts of eyewitnesses, journalists and human >> rights researchers, who have documented many thousands of casualties. >> President Obama said - in a revealing moment of self-reflection - >> “Turns out I’m really good at killing people … >> Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine” (from Mark Halperin & John Heilemann, “Double Down: >> Game Change 2012”). >> If Hillary Clinton is elected president, with the advice of Tim Kaine >> and Killer Koh, she may be even more eager to mass-murder than her >> predecessor: the number of casualties would likely exceed that of >> Obama’s kill list, just as his toll today greatly outnumbers G. W. >> Bush’s. >> Late on Friday 5 August, the White House grudgingly complied with an >> Federal Court order (from an ACLU suit) and released a redacted >> “President’s Policy Guidance” (PPG) on >> Obama’s program of targeted killings. The PPG stipulates that >> “nothing in this PPG shall be construed to prevent the >> President from exercising his Constitutional authority … to >> authorize lethal force against an individual who poses a continuing, >> imminent threat to another country’s persons.” (Killing >> US citizens requires specific approval by the President). Death lists >> are drawn up weekly by the ‘nominating committee’ and >> are reviewed by lawyers of the nominating agencies (CIA, Pentagon, >> NSC, officials of the State Department and “deputies and principals of the nominating committee”). >> Of the seven Middle Eastern countries where drone assassinations take >> place, “active war zones” - Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan >> (it’s not clear if Libya is included) - do not require prior >> approval. With this protocol in place, the White House and the >> National Security Council are insulated from outside scrutiny, even by >> Congress. It assumes that the Commander in Chief can do anything s/he >> wants; it would provide a President Clinton #2, with the approval of >> hawks Tim Kaine and Harold Koh, immense power and license to kill. >> Koh as the (former) State Department lawyer has publicly defended >> extrajudicial killing as “due process under the Constitution in >> the age of moral and political degeneration.” In a speech at >> the Oxford Political Union in 2013 he said, “This >> Administration has not done enough to be transparent about the legal >> standards and decision making process … fostering a growing >> perception that the program [extrajudicial killing] is not lawful and >> necessary…,” adding that this lack of transparency is >> counterproductive and has led to the “negative public image” of targeted killing. Does Prof. >> Koh think the recent exposure of the (heavily redacted) PPG ordered by >> the Court provides the “transparency” to satisfy critics >> of the legality of targeted killing? >> Although Koh has been described as a prominent advocate of human and >> civil rights (apparently exclusively of US citizens), he has been an >> “equal opportunist” as a legal advisor to Reagan, >> Clinton and Obama administrations - all of whom have violated the >> human rights of foreign nationals. He hardly represented human and >> civil rights as a member of the Department of Justice’s Office >> of Legal Counsel to the President in the Reagan administration, when >> that office justified violations of international law, the Charter of >> United Nations and the US Constitution, in grievous violation of human >> rights and attempts to destabilize the countries of Grenada, El >> Salvador, Nicaragua (attempting to withdraw from the International >> Court of Justice, which denounced the US for bombing Nicaraguan >> harbors), Guatemala, Libya, Angola and elsewhere in southern Africa; >> and when it supported the South African apartheid government against >> its black population, supported Israel’s invasion and massacres >> of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, and supported illegal Israeli >> settlements in the Palestinian Occupied Territories - for which the US >> exercised its veto in the U.N. Security Council, in opposition to >> sanctions against US. In addition, the Reagan administration and its >> legal advisors refused to support nuclear test ban treaties, instead >> proliferating first-strike nuclear weapons, SDI (“star >> wars”) and MX missiles. Not a record to be proud of for someone serving as legal counsel to the president. >> The opportunity extended Harold Koh to lecture potential scholars of >> political and international law poses the question, Is the University >> of Illinois College of Law - with its record of sanctions - qualified >> to educate future lawyers, when it sponsors a person of Harold H. >> Koh’s character in these politically charged times? >> The Nuremberg Military Tribunal in 1947 stated unequivocally that the >> crimes of the ten civilian Nazi defendants who were convicted of >> murder and other atrocities, conspiracy to commit war crimes and >> crimes against humanity of civilians and nationals of occupied >> territories, were liable to severe penalty whether or not they had >> engaged in military action. The Nuremberg judgment still stands in international law. >> A reception to protest Professor Koh’s appearance is planned at >> the north courtyard of the College of Law before the lecture on the >> afternoon of October 28. >> (Midge O’Brien was an academic professional in U. of I. life >> science laborotories over twenty years and secretary in the Union of >> Professional Employees; was an election judge twelve years; a member >> of Nuclear Freeze, and Prairie Alliance against nuclear power; and an >> anti-war activist since 1965. She is a member of the Green Party.) >> This entry was posted in Human >> Rights, >> International>> , Justice. 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