Found guilty of genocide and executed more than 20 years ago. This time, the defendant is a former prison guard who is said to have committed cruelty stirring the communist era decades ago. Its the first time that romanias Justice System is actually tackling this chapter of the countrys past. The sounds of footsteps in this corridor or are still familiar. For 12 years, he was imprisoned in a tiny cell and a notorious prison. Opposed the romanian regime. All of that is 50 years ago now, but he remembers every day of it. They were animals. They humiliated us, kicked us with their boots, beat us with clubs for no reason. Between 1957 and 1958, we were tortured every day. The animals he means our men like this one a former prison boss, now 88 years old. Hes the first romanian prison worker to be tried for crimes under the communist regime. Hes being held personally responsible for the deaths of several inmates in the 1950s and 1960s. On innocent. I was just a lowly official. Im innocent. F
Approaching 6 1 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 200,000 confirmed deaths, there are new questions about the battle of science versus politics in the trump administration, a federal Health Official accuses the president s political appointees of trying to change the cdc medical reports, to berline up with President Trumps narrative on the pandemic. The morbidity and mortalty report is the main information to the american public. Its been arrange for well over a century. Hhs chief spokesman and former Trump Campaign staffer Michael Caputo isnt denying the latest example of political interference at health agencies, he tells cnn, our intention is to make sure the evidence drives policy through this pandemic, not ulterior deep state motives in the bowels of the cdc. This comes just days after the recordings from Bob Woodwards interviews. As far as early february, the president acknowledges downplaying the coronavirus threat. Yet hes held more than a dozen rallies since the
Leaving. I wrote it down wrong and my notes. Jeremy is has written a remarkable. I will endorse it up front. Thats all i need to say here. He graduated with his earned his ph. D. At yale a number of years ago, came to madison, taught here in the History Department for ten years. And then im sorry to say, he was lured away to the university of texas and the lbj school of Public Affairs in austin, texas. The he he has authored or edited 11 books in all this. So this is the 11th. Including more recent are shortly a short time book called the impossible. Liberty surest guardians and a book about henry kissinger. Hes a hes written for the new york times, the washington wall street journal and a number of. Hes often quoted or appears is offered an invitation to comment on various news programs and radio and television. And he hosts a podcast called is democracy. Each week. As i said at the beginning, this is an important book and a remarkable book. It makes the point that civil war did not e
Russians in russian danger is therefore our danger and the danger of the united states. 2 days later us, president roosevelt also gives a speech supporting the ussr. But there are other Political Forces in the united states. Territory makes his speech in december of 41 and the senate is as if the russians are where they wish to report the germans at the germans. Or when we support the russians and that way, let them destroy each other. There was that kind of sentiment in the west at this time, dangerous destructive, roosevelt wound stolen of japans intention to attack the soviet union. But soviet intelligence reports thanked the via tank is still in doubt. Mm. Its imperative that the u. S. Makes it to japan that if they attack, the soviet union will have support but the british and american authorities will not support the ussr. The u. S. Military assures roosevelt that germany will quickly conquer russia from the way to the europe church. You recall that before out of 5 war to mom and
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