From: "George Sherwood" 

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:11:31 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:

>> And not a peep out of Phil.  If he wants to see all the things that he
>> claims are happening in the US really happening, just look to Russia.
>
> Phil only reassembled and powered on his email system a few minutes ago
> after a 36-hour trip to Cumbria.
>
> What I find amazing (and deeply worrying) is an ongoing trend in
> American thought that reduces the whole process of justice to a hunch.
>
> Not only are you all prepared to pronounce people guilty without trial -
> you now don't even appear to require an interrogation.  This is sick.

GMAFB, you are the king of jumping to conclusions.  If this was a reporter
critical of President Bush you would have already finished him off. Putin's
Russia is a dangerous place to be a journalist.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2541386&page=3

"Politkovskaya's murder is the highest-profile killing of a journalist
in Russia since the July 2004 slaying of Paul Klebnikov, editor of the
Russian edition of Forbes magazine.

Russia has become one of the deadliest countries for journalists.
Twenty-three journalists were killed in Russia between 1996 and 2005, many
in Chechnya, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. At least 12
have been murdered in contract-style killings since Putin came to power,
Simon said."


> You go from "Putin don't like the woman" to "strap him
on a table" in a
> heartbeat.  Assassinations of journalists are not that uncommon - both
> Eire and Northern Ireland had famous cases - but one thing that's
> universal is that journalists don't like their colleagues getting bumped
> off and they're (taken as a whole) a damned tenacious bunch - it tends
> to be counterproductive.
>
> So just let's wait until at least have a suspect, shall we?

I can think of so many cases when you should take your own advice.

George

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