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Liberties Eroded

On three occasions over the past five months, Tubiana said, outside judges assigned to review the vendor’s case have set deadlines for investigating magistrates to either indict or release him. The deadlines have passed, but his client remains locked up, court documents show. “There is in fact no control” over these magistrates, he said. “They are all-powerful.”

Ashcroft’s Justice department? No, the French. Read about it in the Washington Post. (Visit Bugmenot and protect your privacy.)