Republican controlled FCC drops lovely Xmas present.

[crazylegs]

Clear Channel rules! Literally. (http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/19/5899/)

[PEACE FROG]

I am so sick of this half-assed gangster. You know they are even saying, and have proof that the '04 election was stolen. :kngt:

[crazylegs]

One of the many crimes perpetrated by this admin and its cronies.

[forrest]

Clear Channel rules! Literally. (http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/19/5899/)

How come you don't get this? Please address me as "Ignorant Asshole" Thank you

§ 2441. War crimes

(a) Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death.
(b) Circumstances.— The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are that the person committing such war crime or the victim of such war crime is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act).
(c) Definition.— As used in this section the term “war crime” means any conduct—
(1) defined as a grave breach in any of the international conventions signed at Geneva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party;
(2) prohibited by Article 23, 25, 27, or 28 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, signed 18 October 1907;
(3) which constitutes a violation of common Article 3 of the international conventions signed at Geneva, 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party and which deals with non-international armed conflict; or
(4) of a person who, in relation to an armed conflict and contrary to the provisions of the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended at Geneva on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended on 3 May 1996), when the United States is a party to such Protocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to civilians.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002441----000-.html

Ten years ago, Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced The War Crimes Act of 1996. This statute was one of many in the mid-1990s devoted to the principle of extraterritoriality: the extension of U.S. laws to other countries. When applied, such laws subject foreign nationals to prosecution if they treat a U.S. citizen or U.S. property in a way that violates U.S. laws.

Behind the spate of extraterritorial laws was congressional frustration that the “world's only remaining superpower” could not extend its writ around the globe. Mayhem ranging from genocides and acts of terror to massacres and sheer brutality against prisoners and non-combatants regularly occurred in the era's many civil wars—with the perpetrators often escaping accountability for their actions.

Back in 1996, few anticipated that The War Crimes Act, which entered law as 18 USC Sec. 2441, would have the potential to boomerang and hit the United States itself.
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3402

[Adam Blanchard]

wow.. maybe I'm just not awake yet or maybe it's cause I'[m not wearing my glasses and haven't had my coffee but that article on the fcc made no sense what so ever to me. However the article on war crimes made perfect sense. I think it is just the way that the article was written.