U.S. takes hard line on Greenpeace
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MS/NBC
bq. When Greenpeace activists illegally scrambled aboard the cargo ship APL Jade, it was the start of a pretty typical day. Convinced the ship was hauling contraband mahogany from Brazil, the environmentalists aimed to draw attention to it by unfurling a banner with this message: “President Bush, Stop Illegal Logging.” Their arrests by the Coast Guard were also part of a day’s work. But the later use of an obscure 19th century law to charge the entire organization with criminal conspiracy has Greenpeace defenders claiming that they are the target of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s attempts to stifle political criticism of the government.
Awwww... They want things their way and don't want the nasty laws to be used against them. Hey - the law was on the books and they did the deed...
Posted by DaveH at November 17, 2003 10:43 AM