You are not going to read it in the English published media any time soon.
I highly doubt that the so called pundits are going to mention anything at their "liberal" blogs.
But you can read it here.
And if you speak and/or read Spanish, you can read it at La Jornada.
Just a couple of days ago the now infamous Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón presented his book "A World Without Fear". In it, he informs that the Spanish Government lied after the terrorist attack in Madrid on M-11.
We are talking about Baltasar Garzón here, the guy that indicted Augusto Pinochet and Osama Bin Laden.
We are talking about an insider that took the repression against the Basques all the way to Latin America, specifically Mexico and Argentina, because his master at the time, Prime Minister José María Aznar ordered him to do so.
We are talking about a guy that the Spaniards once nominated to a Nobel Prize.
Now this individual is in trouble, his colleague Spanish Judge Eduardo Fungairiño is accusing Garzón of "disclosing secrets", and has indicted him for it. This individual Fungairiño is closer to the PP than Garzón is, you do the math.
And by the way, Garzón is not my favorite cup of tea, but he just proved me right regarding my stand about Aznar being a professional liar.
I wonder what those that said that the Spaniards were cowards for voting the PP out of power in March have to say now that someone like Garzón puts it on print that the PP indeed lied.
UDPATE: EITB published the case against Garzón in English.
I highly doubt that the so called pundits are going to mention anything at their "liberal" blogs.
But you can read it here.
And if you speak and/or read Spanish, you can read it at La Jornada.
Just a couple of days ago the now infamous Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón presented his book "A World Without Fear". In it, he informs that the Spanish Government lied after the terrorist attack in Madrid on M-11.
We are talking about Baltasar Garzón here, the guy that indicted Augusto Pinochet and Osama Bin Laden.
We are talking about an insider that took the repression against the Basques all the way to Latin America, specifically Mexico and Argentina, because his master at the time, Prime Minister José María Aznar ordered him to do so.
We are talking about a guy that the Spaniards once nominated to a Nobel Prize.
Now this individual is in trouble, his colleague Spanish Judge Eduardo Fungairiño is accusing Garzón of "disclosing secrets", and has indicted him for it. This individual Fungairiño is closer to the PP than Garzón is, you do the math.
And by the way, Garzón is not my favorite cup of tea, but he just proved me right regarding my stand about Aznar being a professional liar.
I wonder what those that said that the Spaniards were cowards for voting the PP out of power in March have to say now that someone like Garzón puts it on print that the PP indeed lied.
UDPATE: EITB published the case against Garzón in English.
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Nah, Garzón is a star judge. He obbeys nobody as he only seeks his own face to appear on the media.
ReplyDeleteBtw, he would be more linked to PSOE, he was in the list for the european parliament with this party some years ago, than to the PP. Which, to be said, is one of the few things I cannot criticize him about.
Well, hopefully Fungairiño goes tough on him, so they both are forced to sling mud at each other, and that way we get to learn their dirty little secrets.
ReplyDeleteGarzón did not show a whole lot of balls in his confrontation with the Sup Marcos.
Blex, I agree that this stinks like something that the dog should not have found under the barn.
ReplyDeleteHowever, my experience of political reactionaries in positions of power - particularly the judiciary - indicates that the most likely "reaction" will be a closing of the ranks. Without knowledge, detailed knowledge, of the machinery behind the judiciary's relationship with the government I have no idea how such an event may be "papered over". But one thing I am sure - it will.
Certainly, IF a judge in NZ were to comment on even the slightest of details of a case before the Courts he would not be a member of the Judiciary for long.
IF a judge were to comment upon the actions of the Government in his official capacity but outside of any Court process he would earn a very serious rebuke from the Minister of Justice (this did happen recently).
IF a judge were to comment upon the actions of Government or a government agency in the course of delivering judgement on a Court proceeding, that comment would be taken very seriously indeed. (This has also happened often over the years.)
We in NZ might enjoy throwing bricks at people in power in this country, but one other thing is equally certain...
The level of corruption of public officials here must be among the lowest in the world. We are fortunate indeed!
Well, I saw Garzon in person during a lecture, and he commented openly on a case that has not yet been brought to trial, that of Egunkaria newspaper. He flat out said it was a paper supported by ETA, that it was a radical newspaper and that the people involved were looking at 10-12 years prison. He did not use the word "alleged" or "we are investigating", etc. He just make absolute statements. Forget about innocent until proven guilty....
ReplyDelete..."forget about innocent until proven guilty..."
ReplyDeleteMan, where you been? That old hoe went out the door of international jurisprudence years back - along with "conviction on the weight of evidence", the definition of "pre-emptive strike" and "in the interests of .... "
heh heh, yeah, I know....it just sounded good....
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