Gorilla Radio this Week

by C. L. Cook

This week on GR, American Human Rights lawyer and Harper's Magazine contributor, Scott Horton on the strange case of the railroaded governor, Don Siegelman.

 

Walking with the protest against NATO in Victoria, and Janine Bandcroft brings us up to speed with all that's good to do in and around Victoria in the coming week.

 

 

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5:00:00        3:00    Welcome to GR, etc. Don Siegelman's was a storied political career. A democrat in staunchly republican, and overwhelmingly Christian Alabama, Siegelman managed, before ascending the Governorship, to be elected to three of the next-highest offices in the state.

 

And, not unusually, he also managed to make a few enemies.

 

Because, as well as being a highly effective political campaigner, Don Siegelman was also an honest administrator, a trait going decidedly against the grain of George W. Bush's America, and it wasn't long before the Alabama democrat came to the attention of the Bush coterie.

 

Scott Horton is a New York-based attorney specializing in Human Rights law, and the law of Armed Conflict. He also serves as a consultant to the Human Rights First, Accountability for Military Contractors project. He's a co-founder of the American University in Central Asia, and is a current contributor to Harper's magazine, writing the on-line blog column, No Comment.

 

 

And; the visit this past weekend of the commanders of the armed forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO reminds: Canada is currently involved in a war. Yet, you would be hard-pressed to prove that point, wandering the sunny, placid inner harbour among the late Summer's thinning throngs of tourists.

 

Warfare for we in what was called "the West" when NATO was born is not what it once was; it's now become a clean, almost antiseptic endeavour where not even television images of the heart-breaking, gut-wrenching apocalypse being visited upon the heads of the Iraqi, and Afghani people penetrate the calm of our North American idylls.

 

Few going about their business on a sunny Saturday afternoon too need be aware, within the stately walls of the Grand Pacific Hotel, beneath the gentile lobby, young men with machine guns and body armour prepared for protesters who may try to breach the barricade. But that's what the world has come to here; iceberg-like, most of what makes this post 9/11 society tick occurs beneath the surface, hidden from the light of public scrutiny.

 

I went down to the demonstration Saturday to ... well you know how the song goes.

 

 

And; Janine Bandcroft will be here to bring us up to speed on all that's good to do in and around Victoria in the coming week. But first, Scott Horton and the strange case of the fallen governor, Don Siegelman.

5:03:00        22:00    Discussion w/ Scott Horton

"Welcome to the program, Scott. Besides yourself, I've seen very little coverage in the American media, even among the so-called left, of Don Siegelman's case. Why is this apparently grotesque mis-application of justice garnering so little notice down there?"

5:25:00        1:00    Cart(s)
5:26:00        7:00    Janine Bandcroft
5:33:00        2:00    Music
5:35:00        24:00  NATO comes home (pod)

"Welcome back to GR, etc."

5:59:00        1:00    Thanks to Scott Horton, J9, upcoming.
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Scott Horton is a contributor to Harper's Magazine and writes No Comment for this website.

A New York attorney known for his work in emerging markets and international law, especially human rights law and the law of armed conflict, Horton lectures at Columbia Law School. A life-long human rights advocate, Scott served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, among other activists in the former Soviet Union. He is a co-founder of the American University in Central Asia, and has been involved in some of the most significant foreign investment projects in the Central Eurasian region. Scott recently led a number of studies of abuse issues associated with the conduct of the war on terror for the New York City Bar Association, where he has chaired several committees, including, most recently, the Committee on International Law. He is also a member of the board of the National Institute of Military Justice, the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, the EurasiaGroup and the American Branch of the International Law Association.