Obama sides with Uribe on subpoena re: knowledge of right-wing death squads

[Bluebear]

(AP) WASHINGTON - The Obama administration urged a federal judge to move cautiously rather than order former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to undergo questioning now about any knowledge of right-wing death squads.

In a court filing Thursday night, the Justice Department said federal courts should respect concerns expressed by the government of Colombia over a subpoena for Uribe to testify in a lawsuit by families of death squad victims.

The families are seeking damages from Alabama-based coal company Drummond for allegedly supporting right-wing death squads.

The Justice Department says a U.S. judge should order lawyers for the families to exhaust other avenues of getting the information they seek before ordering Uribe to be questioned.

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S2045488.shtml?cat=10104

[Karmadillo]

1. April Fools Day? LOL. The joke's on me. I can't believe I fell for this. What a dope. Ha. Right?

nt

[atreides1]

2. But remember

He's not like Bush...yet!!!

[Bluebear]

4. !

[a la izquierda]

3. Gah!

our presidents knew about right-wing death squads for decades in Latin America. Why should any of us expect any different now?