criminal law, to violate the geneva conventions. o in this memo to president bush, alberto gonzales said if we opt out of geneva conventions, we reduce the possibility of prosecution under the war crimes act. this is their logic, i'm not going to subscribe to, but their logic was since the war crimes act carries out the geneva conventions, if we say the geneva conventions don't apply than the war crimes act doesn't apply. so the press in reporting about the widely publicized decision of the bush administration to opt out of the geneva conventions through al qaeda and for the taliban, mentioned in point number one in the gonzales memo, which said geneva conventions are quaint, that's why we should opt out of them. but point number two, which i think was the real point, was that opting out of the geneva convention would come in their mind, make the war crimes act less likely to be imposed and, therefore, reduce the likelihood of prosecution under the war crimes act. this is the chief counsel to the president of united states saying, if

that was the background of the geneva convention under the geneva convention every country has to enact a statute that makes it a crime in that country to violate those geneva conventions. so it took a little while, 40 years, but in 1996 a republican congress person from north carolina propose the war crimes act which made it a u.s. crime to violate the geneva convention. and international crime. not a matter of international law, but a matter of you as law, u.s. criminal law, to violate the geneva convention. in his memo to president bush, alberto gonzalez said, if we opt out of the geneva convention, we reduce the possibility of prosecution under the war crimes act. this is their that is an astonishing memorandum, and it says, as we discussed, so it wasn't just a memo going to the president. they had a conversation about it and of course president bush opted out of the geneva convention. in response to this memo. and what is very interesting is that they went merrily along, thinking that there would be no liability under the war crimes act, and why were they so worried about the war c

acts of terrorism and a violation of article 3 according to the geneva conventions. count two. murder, crime against humanity, pursuant to article 2a of the statute. count three. violence, murder, violation of article 3, and to the geneva conventions and other protocols, too. count four. rape, a crime against humanity. count five. sexual slavery, a crime against humanity. count six. outrages upon personal dignity, a violation of article 3, common to the geneva conventions and of additional protocol, too. couont seven. by winds to life, health, physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular cruel treatment. count eight. other inhumane acts, crimes against humanity. count nine, in listing children under the age of 15 years into the armed forces or groups and using them to participate actively in hostilities -- another serious violation of international humanitarian law, pursuant to article 4c of the statute. count 10. enslavement, a crime against humanity. count 11. pillage, a violation of article 3, common to the geneva conventions and other additional protocol, too. tha

violation of article 3, common to the geneva convention and of additional protocol 2, punishable under article 3a of the statute, count three. the trial chamber finds that to the prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that members of the 3 groups murdered civilians in various locations in the following districts of sierra leone. kenema district between may 25, 1997 and about march 31, 1998. in kono district between february 1998 and about 31 january, 2000. in freetown in the western area of between about december 21, 1998 and february 28, 1999. kailahoon district, 1998 through june, 1998. rape, a crime against humanity, count for, the trial chamber finds that the prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that members of the three groups committed widespread acts of rape against women and girls in various locations in the following districts of sierra leone. kono between first and december 31 but, 1998. freetown in the western area between december 21, 1998 and about 28 february in 1999. kailahoon district in 1998 and 1999, women and girls were raped in various location

today, i am speaking as board chairman of the geneva car barn and powerhouse. as you may know, we are located in district 11 and is an organization created and partnering with rec and park department to rehabilitate and program the historic geneva car barn on san jose and geneva. in brief, a quick summary of how this has come about. 1999, primarily through neighborhood efforts, we save the building from demolition. in 2002 through 2004, we established a partnership with the rec and park based upon the idea that programming for recreational purposes for 14 through 24-year-old was an area of that the department was weak, and the goal here was to develop a new approach to recreation at this building. the building is also the center piece around the center of the district 11 neighborhood, and it is right across the street from the bart station and extremely transit accessible. that was another major reason why the department was interested in locating a facility for this purpose at this location. in 2004, the building was psychically upgraded with funding from muni'

seem past and present american presidents it is a matter of national security according to the geneva convention it's torture so why is the us dropping ninety nine of one hundred one cases dealing with cia interrogation techniques or explore. and in the quest for energy independence the us is calling out all the stops to hunt for the next great energy source and i draw it fracturing may hold the key only the e.p.a. approved will tell you about the latest tussle over fracking i know. your fire wall street movement is splitting along ideological lines on one side the so-called die hard occupiers on the other people who believe the left is trying to co-opt the protests so is there a battle for the soul of the occupy movement. it's tuesday april seventeenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching artsy. well we began today on the issue of using torture terror suspects waterboarding and stress positions and just two techniques used by the u.s. against those accused of having ties to terrorism now a secret memo has been leaked which brands them war crimes and shows

the past and present american presidents it is a matter of national security but according to the geneva convention it's torture so why is the us dropping ninety nine of one hundred one cases dealing with cia interrogation techniques all explore. and in the class for energy independence the us calling out all the stops to hunt for the next great energy source and i draw it fracturing may hold the key if only the e.p.a. approved will tell you about the latest tussle over fracking. and it is one of the most prestigious awards of journalists in the land and honored of the people who bring us the daily news and now the pulitzer prize is making history awarding online media outlets for the first time and so is this yet another sign that newspapers are going the way of the dinosaurs. it's tuesday april seventeenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz of all and you're watching artsy. well we begin today on the issue of using torture on terror suspects waterboarding and stress positions just two of the techniques used by the u.s. against those accused of having ties to terrorism now a secret

it is connecting to the new geneva and the brt. that project we hope will be done and coordinating on the geneva brt initiative, which is an initiative across the by- county partnership. the authority board approved after we had applied for and received some grant funding -- this is a continuation of our transportation effort in the bay area. this will be to help some of the organizations serving be used and general community members to get from those services and programs. and in particular, general vehicle sharing and collaboration there. the department of health will come forward with a potential pilot for the y and other coordination for transportation in the heels of an area. -- in the hell's own area. the oakdale study will be presented in the may/june cycle, along with bridge replacement. i will turn it over to maria at this point and then come back to speak to that. i want to thank commissioner cohen for being such a leader with both our board and the caltrans board for such a good process and outcome. excuse me, there's on

violate the hague regulations of one thousand eight hundred seven and then do you also violates the geneva protocol one hundred twenty five. so they are clear the use of the u. is clearly a war crime is it illegal the way easy to use it shouldn't be but why does the united states use. landmines why you know we're trying to stop it the problem is how. you know how do you bring the rule of law to bear on the united states government it's very difficult to do and especially on the pentagon there are you know there are a lot of threw themselves so that's why it's so hard to bring the united states to heel or he sees isolation on the international stage as being the only way forward i think if we can get all the parties to the geneva protocol to send in that letter to the french government now apparently even the british are willing to go although with us. and the u.s. then is the only outlier on d. you just maybe they'll say ok let's let's stop using the. france's boyles cause seems a desperate one the united states continue to make use of uranium in developing their military arsenal. in two t

the international stage as being the only way forward i think if we can get all the parties to the geneva protocol to send in that letter to the french government now apparently even the british are willing to go although that is armed and the u.s. then is the only outlier on d. you just maybe they'll say ok let's stop using the. france's boyles cause seems a desperate one the united states continue to make use of the iranians in developing their military arsenal. in two thousand and three one year before the battle of fallujah donald rumsfeld then defense secretary made a reference before the u.s. congress to the use of a new weapon the hellfire missile. the new missile can take out the first floor of a building without damaging the floors above and is capable of reaching around corners striking enemy forces that hide in caves or bunkers this declaration went largely unnoticed but it heralded the development of a new missile that would be tested during the early days of the war in iraq. some experts did react to rumsfeld declaration one of them was arms researcher di williams. this scien

we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. the city has given, $600,000 in the past, to do planning. our commitment to this project is strong. it is just that is not quite ready yet to meet the legal requirements necessary to be named in the bond. >> [inaudible] >> good morning, commissioners. my name is janet. i live in district 8 and frequent the so-called natural areas which are becoming less and less and natural. more and more burdens using more and more pesticides and putting up more fences. because of this, i am part of the san francisco forest alliance to which was formed to stop this destruction of national areas. a broad coalition from throughout the city. the rally attracted 150 people with standing room only, and over 2,000 people have signed on. the forest alliance like of a campaign against the bond if it will be used to fund more destructive projects. the current vague assurances about how the bond money will be used

we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. the city has given, $600,000 in the past, to do planning. our commitment to this project is strong. it is just that is not quite ready yet to meet the legal requirements

we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. costs. the city has given, $600,000 in

outside of the geneva conventions or for your friends that you. went so far as to go back to the constitution and say that the eighth amendment an unusual punishment was essential here it needed to be a fraud that is very much to his credit you are going one step further like mr theriot and blowing the whistle. and they've added there is still a lot of americans that support the use of torture here is a sound bite from dick cheney on this very subject take a lesson. in your view we should still be using enhanced interrogation session should we still be broader boarding terror suspects i would strongly support using it again if circumstances arose for we had a high value detainee why was getting the people call it torture using contrib still be a tool to. get past the question that he would ask and a lot of people like minded people would ask if torturing a prisoner could prevent the next nine eleven would you be in support of that it would lead to and permission that could prevent something like that from happening would you that before it. rate bu

the discussions in geneva on services over the course of recent weeks have been exciting. frankly speaking it's been refreshing and sadly a little bit novel to engage with a group of members who active want to pursue an honest to goodness trade liberalizing initiative. there's a lot of work to be done to scope out how an international services agreement will come together. but there are strong core ideas already on the table and a common recognition of the tremendous benefits that can be shared through expanding services market access and developing new internationally agreed rules and standards. we need such work in order to deal with both new and long standing issues, especially in key areas that fuel growth, such as information communications technology services and global supply chains. i should mention that this is an area where closer coordination between the u.s. and the eu is particularly urgent. while i can appreciate the impulse of some of my eu colleagues to encourage the services agreement encompass the broadest possible circle of wto members the big emerging e

ferrucci, andrea, dba the dark horse inn. 942 geneva. limited live performance permit. >> good evening. it is a 49-person occupancy full-service restaurant. it serves food seven days a week. it is open until 10:30 during the week. this would allow them to have acoustic music performances. we recommend approval. >> ok. is there anybody here from the applicant? i understand i butchered your name. i apologize. welcome. >> thank you. we would just like to say that we have got a lot of scared -- a lot of community support. all of our regular, the community, the surrounding businesses we have spoken to have supported marketing the permit. we have a petition signed by over 100 people who have come in and supported us. >> ok. commissioners come any questions? ok. any public comment on the application? yes, sir? >> good evening. buzz brooks. i am a night driver. i have been driving at night for 30 years. i am well aware of the nighttime problems around the city. as you know, the geneva avenue carter has been somewhat belated for the last how many

i think we should tap into the energy that i see in geneva today. i've been very gratified on this issue by the broad bipartisan support that has been expressed in washington. i've seen no distinctions whatsoever between republicans and democrats in terms of what they think about the -- the concept of promoting services liberalization. so -- so i think we should get to work, continue the work that's going on. there's a meeting this week, the next round of discussions among the experts that are involved in this services discussion. i should mention one very positive sign. we will be joined in the friends group this week by two new additional members. costa rica and peru, two developing countries, approached the group about participating. we're very happy to welcome them into the discussion. we view them very much as being like-minded in terms of countries that have a demonstrated interest in services liberalization. so we're seeing a very positive dynamic here, and let's build on that as much as we can. >> all right. with that, ambassador punke, i wan

he covered the nuclear crisis from 2002 to 2007. and he has reported from tehran, geneva, berlin, new york, tripoli and other key cities on the iranian issue and currently writing a book on the diplomacy of the iranian nuclear crisis. our second speaker is barbara slavin who specializes on iran at "the atlantic council. as a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson center for sol lars, she authored bitter friends, boss some enemies, iran, the u.s. and the twisted path to confrontation, assistant managing editor for world and national security at the washington times. in 2008 and 2009. prior to that served for 12 years as senior diplomatic reporter for usa today where she covered such key issues as the u.s.-led war on terrorism in iraq, a policy toward rogue states and the arab israeli conflict, avoiding three secretaries of state on their officials travels and reported solo from iran, libya, israel, egypt, income, china, saudi arabia and syria, all the garden spots. our third speaker today is of ali nader, a senior international policy analyst at the rand corporation.

we move that from district 11 to district 7, and we also included the whole median of the geneva underpass, from d 11 to d 7. and again, this was a zero population change. we then ran various checks, including a continuity check on the planned area, verified the plans, and we had two results on the continuity check. when we had zero population non contiguous area, and that is the area over here. that is a 0 population, nine contiguous area, because it was initially connected to district 6, and we moved out to district 10, because there is a census block that was otherwise cut off from district 6. that was done. . the other continuity check, we just wanted to verify that you wanted to parallel the islands in district 4. and that concludes our report. everything else came out beautifully, as designed. mr. mcdonnell: excellent, thank you. mr. pilpel: we did not address this earlier, and i'm not sure it bears much discussion, acceleration and deferral. i would note for record outhat anyone in an even number number district will have the effect of accelerating, so they will have voted in 2010 a

supervisor of a los -- avalos wants is to pay attention to the geneva corridor. rnal, as well as the traditional corridors. we're going to be working on ideas about a small business loan and what it means to get resources out here where people feel, maybe they're reading the paper every day and see that we're paying attention to the downtown and south of market interest. we're not and inlet. we're just going to be as investment-friendly to our merchant corridors throughout all of the city. even as we set the agenda for the old redeveloper over subcommittee, we are going to be paying attention to all of the kind of commercial corridors that they pay attention to as well, whether it is midmarket are outlining areas like san bruno avenue. that is the framework in which we wanted to make sure the discussion continues. it is the portola, the neighborhood that has been out here. the neighbors that want to continue investing, want us to invest in debt. it is a coordinated and collaborative effort. today we begin identifying the key partners and leaders. so i wanted to an

the stage for serious talks. that deal fell apart. then there were two meetings in geneva in december of twain and istanbul in january 2011 at which the two sides tried to relaunch the process. this ended badly at a meeting in istanbul after the meeting in geneva where the two sides had free reign to express their opinions, discuss the nuclear issue and the iranians brought out a range of other concerns about world peace and the influence of capitalism in the world and the iranians came to the second meeting and instead of negotiating imposed two conditions which basically killed the process. they were that all the sanctions against them would be lifted and that they would have an unequivocal right to enrich uranium. this prevented any kind of deal in istanbul. after that, pretty much you had a growing march to war, what can i say? there were concerns that israel was about to take action that regards iran, the nuclear program and that was what was stopped at the beginning of the month and now we have the talks coming up again. these talks are not taking place in a hopeless

command and most important, you don't target civilians, then you're entitled to the protection of the geneva conventions. but if you violent all those rules, we have got an even better deal for you, we take you to a civilian court, where you're tried in public and have a platform for your views and you can have a lawyer try to mislead a jury. on the other hand military commissions, we have had military commissions in the past, we have had them since the revolution. but we have never done it long-term. and i don't know that the military's hereto is really in it. this is-the military is not there to run a parallel justice system. it's there to win wars. you win wars by blowing stuff up and killing people, which is what you're supposed to do and what they do very well. you don't win wars by running a parallel justice system. particularly a justice system that is one where society is offloading a problem and telling you please deal with it out of our sight. i think what's called for is a third kind of tribunal, as you said like the fisa court, that would be created by congress, i think ideally i