russian capital twenty four hours a day top stories now at this hour militants shoot two security cards dead to gain access to a hydroelectric power plant in russia's republic of. where bombs were later set off two other people were injured and the generator is put out of action. and the rocky american is drawing attention to the war in iraq on his own skin he's had thoughts representing the campaigns many victims to. say he's angry the events in his motherland abetted by the media. looking at whether pharmaceutical companies are cashing in on aids patients scientists from around the world are putting the disease under scrutiny at a conference in vienna where delegates heard about some breakthroughs in treatment . one speaks to dennett next on american attorney who is embarking on a campaign to force big corporations and high ranking us politicians to take responsibility for their actions.

attorney and author charlotte dennett joins me now to talk about her current book people first bush and the possible aura of impunity that surrounds american presidents thank you very much for sitting down to speak. mr that you have been on an on line campaign to prosecute george w. bush members of his administration for what you call violations of international law it domestic law the constitution. why have you not given up on this because the administration of george w. bush was particularly lawless i don't think there's ever been a time in american history when we had the highest officials in government so flagrantly break the law and show no respect at all for the rule of law they just created laws just out of whole cloth they created laws in secret

behind closed doors that were in them a cold to american democracy and and shameful to our international image some of those laws for instance redefined torture so that it made it ok for the cia to brutalize prisoners and detainees. supposedly even doing it legally for instance allowing waterboarding to be done legally one in fact it is a violation of international law and u.s. law but it didn't matter provided that they did these laws in secret do you realistically with all due respect i think you're going to be successful. i take the long view i think that to do nothing is a travesty because of the damage that's been done to our country and to our reputation around the world we the people we the american people have to come for. and say enough is enough we've had enough of the impunity in the law breaking and

it's on in every same single facet of our society now it seems as a giant corporations rule the day the government seems to be incapable of stopping them and that our elected officials are not acting in our interest where do we begin someone has to stand up and say i'm not going to get a war and we do have the rule of law so what we have to do is impress upon them what the rule of law is and hope that the will of the people will carry the day u.s. president barack obama has said several times this is an era of looking forward and not looking backwards broke obama said when he got elected he said it's not just up to me it's up to you well i'm taking him up on the challenge i realize that there are very powerful people who are telling him to move forward and not look backward

because really what that's become is the code word for i will not prosecute but the fact of the matter is there was enough public pressure so that his own attorney general finally had to appoint a special prosecutor last summer to look into some of the worst criminal alleged criminal behavior by cia interrogators not even i when i was running for attorney general insisting on the prosecution of bush did i realize that we would have a special prosecutor that soon afterwards so you have to have hope and you have to take the long view in other countries a man who ordered nuclear bombing or oversaw the vietnam war would argue be seen as a villain would essentially be taken to task why is it in the united states that presidents are never prosecuted the whole notion the president is accountable once he leaves office is new to the american people strangely enough one of the things i argue is . that you can prosecute any president once he leaves office for

a crime look at what happened with nixon he was pardoned if nixon our previous president had not been pardoned then he could have been prosecuted for the crimes that he committed while in the white house but you know americans have a short term memory to say and need to be reminded i would also say the the role of the media. is a factor here that is the quote unquote mainstream media the corporate owned media . doesn't deal with this issue at all i have not been on one television show other than this one for instance and doesn't surprise me the media tries to keep the status quo and it's very much corporate owned so therefore the american people are not informed they don't know what their rights are and that's what i'm trying to do and others of us who are part of this very small but growing accountability

movement we need to get the word out every way we can to the american people that everybody has to abide by the rule of law and no one not even the president of the united states is above it do you think that there's just an aura around u.s. presidents in this country that they're just untouchable it may be it may be this concept of. the president as being the big protector and people feel i do think that people feel uncomfortable about going after the president in a court of law they would feel ashamed the way the rest of the world would see it why don't they just i suppose they feel that you know you have to accord the president and a certain respect the point is that bush fell into such disrespect disrepute that it's a less difficult for people to begin to accept the notion that the president is not above the law so i think we're in. new territory here and bush has only himself to

blame. cheney and rumsfeld they went too far they went overboard in such actually a transparent way i say transparent because we finally were able to find out what happened but i just think it was it was too excessive and it's caught up with them and the reason why we're putting our foot down is because we see that some of what they began has been carried over into the obama administration and therefore that is proof of my claim and others that if we don't stop them for what they just to the impunity will get worse and we're going to lose our democracy you recently wrote an article called the battle for justice heats up in which you say that the united states needs to look at argentina as an example you explain why because argentina has finally had its day in court so to speak at least the mothers of the

disappeared the families of all those people who several decades ago lost their loved ones during a very brutal dictatorship and the last of the dictators has been sentenced to prison for the crimes that he committed during that period and that brings us hope that shows once again that impunity will not stand so it's a stand there well it will not stand there but as i said before everything is incremental pinochet was arrested in his hospital. this is a dictator was sentenced to twenty five years and i frankly believe that bush cheney rumsfeld and the rest of them they're not they're not very comfortable about traveling about because we have international law on our side and the doctrine of your star in the doctrine of universal jurisdiction so when it comes to committing war crimes work. women also have to watch their step this is just the beginning of

a whole new era and international law as far as i'm concerned so moving forward how do you plan on rallying up the crowd. part as i said of a small group of people who consider ourselves part of a movement we're calling it the accountability movement it was strongest right before obama got elected and it was comprised primarily of impeachment activists who had become very frustrated with their own party the democratic party which at every turn made it very clear that they did not want to impeach and for whatever reason. was suggested it kind of boiled down to political expediency first they wanted to win over control over congress in two thousand for and and then they wanted to two thousand and six and then they wanted to win the white house and well

they did win the white house there are still a lot of accounting for that has to go on and so the people who want from impeachment and never got their wish then want to prosecution because they really do feel that accountability is an important issue so that's what we're doing we're building a movement i was out on the west coast recently at a conference which is called understanding politics the point of that is that people are now beginning to understand that there's sort of secret there's a secret government that operates behind closed doors that we are not really privy to cause a lot of the shots in our government so we're first of all we're trying to unravel in other words we're looking at the very powerful and when you look at the very powerful that would include even the people who own corporations just people who manage them and then then reality becomes clearer to us and then we realize.

we've got to stop just doing our single issues we've got to combine together as a larger more unified force and strategize how to temper their power is a long range task but it has to be done again we're going to lose our democracy if we don't do it and i actually have a lot of faith in the american people. i was reading peter dale scott who's a fine historian and has written a number of books about what he calls the overworld and and one of the things he says is that when the american people are confronted with a crisis they often have the cammy ability to overcome it and to put us on a new and more forward path and i have still have that faith in the american people so you'll be hearing more from us very soon we're going to be putting out a declaration on accountability we're going to break it down into all the different

areas where there needs to be accountability whether it's a lector all we need media accountability political legal. environmental in other words we've got a. rise to the top look down at what's happening and more and more people are realizing that our country is just. going to the birds and we've got to step forward because if we don't the right wing is and then well i don't know what i'll do in that case i live close to canada i noticed that you so much for saying that it's been great thank you.

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set off to other people injured and the generators put out of action. in iraq american is drawing attention to the war in iraq in his own skin he's had thoughts represent in the campaigns many victims to. think he's angry venting his mother under barrett by the media. here where the pharmaceutical companies are cashing in on aids patients scientists from around the world are putting the disease under scrutiny at a conference in vienna where delegates heard about some breakthroughs in treatment . to bring it up to date for them and i'll be back with more news in less than fifteen minutes from now next. with dimitri. hello there welcome to the sports thanks for joining us this hour let's take a quick look at the top stories. it is a victory defending champion. through to the third round of their masters.

plus we've got all the action from the from the russian premier league in this week's girls' gold. and taking. stakes in the race with world glory at stake. and we'll start with football where in the russian premier league spots a. five three this is a match that was postponed back in a game with the leaven and came out with a double so their names for the red white. men moved to seventh in the league while their opponents from their severe scar struggling as their seconds from some with only eight points. now to france footballers have been questioned by police about an alleged underage prostitution ring karim benzema and frank robbery were detained in paris on tuesday. three seen here is alleged to have paid for sex with

with an underage prostitute as a birthday present to himself the burn minix star is accused of flying zaidan up to germany when she was just seventeen although he says he thought she was over the legal age of eighteen real madrid starker and with them i was also quizzed by officers investigating an underage prostitution ring both plays deny wrongdoing but be found guilty they could face up to three years in jail. in our circular kontinental hockey league has announced the official calendar for the coming season the gun cup holders are vast and last season's runners up and the date now renamed to united health clubs will play the opening game of the regular season and eight of september into xi'an serve games will start on the twenty third of february all matches in the knockout stage will be the start of the series remember the season two new teams joined the league in the form of you draw from

intimacies and the button side lives. tennis now and world number six nicolo dividend has got off to a quick start in his defense companion hamburg as his searches for his first title since returning from a wrist injury last month the russian is stops it at the german open and received by into the second round where he took on frenchman for etc i didn't think i made a quick job of it storming six three six one victory in less than sixty minutes and never faced a breakpoint in the process the next place because i enjoyed the abyss and says this is not to them and i am number one here and there and shiny should be win this tournament then i need to find my form and just after the first match we'll see what's heaven in a second. it's a rest day in the tour de france on wednesday end with just another four stages to go the main title contenders have been talking up the chances spain's of better can

target is both the defending champion and the helder of the yellow jersey that's tough to stealing the late from and district of luxembourg on monday night but czech is still hot on his heels they sex ride it trails by in their eight seconds both up brimming with confidence but check knows that saturday's time trial could prove crucial i did to really yellow on the start room for the. full time drug do to have a chance to bring this to you know those moving yellow you know i won't be caught. on that domain but you know i cannot tell you if i need how much i need i know you know and i have to jersey i'd be really motivated folk was pretty sure i would do a good time tried i cannot tell you know if it's. if so the second is enough if it's a minute but you know of course i prefer to have like two minutes in one minute. by hand russia where thirteen weeks into the new season and the latest actions. as an

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