"Some at BC seek to uninvite Mukasey from commencement"
More than 20 faculty members at Boston College Law School have asked US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to rescind his decision to deliver the commencement address in May because of his refusal to publicly declare that a controversial interrogation technique constitutes torture.
In a March 11 letter to Mukasey, faculty wrote that his "role in the current controversy regarding the legality of waterboarding has made you a symbol of administration policies that conflict with basic principles of international and domestic law, the ideals of Boston College Law School, and the Jesuit principles that underlie Boston College's educational mission."
The faculty members said they would welcome Mukasey as a speaker at another date, but that his presence at commencement would be inconsistent with the school's principles.
Mukasey's office did not respond to a request for comment.... At his confirmation hearings last fall, Mukasey refused to say whether he thought waterboarding - simulated drowning - constituted torture and whether it was legal.
Several professors have also posted explanations of their resistance to Mukasey's role as commencement speaker on an independent, student-run website, eagleionline.com. Professor Kent Greenfield wrote, "Our nation's government has tortured people in our name. And silence in the face of such inhumanity is not something I would have this school congratulate and honor."
In announcing Mukasey's selection as commencement speaker, law school dean John Garvey said in a written statement that "I cannot imagine a better role model for the Class of 2008."
I actually agree with that last part.
AmeriKa should take the mask of and be what it is:
A lying, law-breaking, mass-murdering, war-criminal state of torture!!!!
