Katherine will be interviewed live tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. EST by Chris Crook of Gorilla Radio, Victoria, Canada, and can be heard here: http://cfuv.uvic.ca/

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. Monday February 12th he will interview Katherine Hughes.
In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com

Far-reaching laws enacted in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in the U.S. have allowed for all manner of state excess. None have felt the sting of these laws more acutely than America’s Muslim community: imprisonment without due process, so-called “extraordinary rendition,” and broadened powers of search and seizure have combined to create a climate of fear for many Americans. But none of these is more disturbing than the “case” against Dr. Rafil A. Dhafir. Last year, after serving nearly three years in federal custody, Dr. Dhafir was sentenced to 22 years in prison; his crime: Sending humanitarian aid to Iraq.

Katherine Hughes is a Syracuse, New York potter and student who followed the prosecution of the local doctor, Rafil Dhafir, and says she became so concerned with the ramifications of it held for civil liberties she took a hiatus from her studies to look more deeply into the case than the local media was willing to. Katherine Hughes and the United States v. Rafil A. Dhafir in the first half.

The second half: They blazed into Washington riding a wave of voter revulsion of the incumbent government. Scandals of epic, unprecedented dimension are the hallmark of the Bush administration, and now, with majority control of both houses of Congress, the Democratic Party is in a position to initiate, impanel, and chair congressional committees to begin the long process of redress for a criminal conspiracy centred at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and so far responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, and the pilfering of untold billions of dollars from the U.S. treasury. David Swanson is the Washington director of Democrats.com and ImpeachPAC.org, and co-founder of the groups, After Downing street.org and Meet with Cindy.org. David Swanson and an accounting of the 110th Congress of the United States
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