Anne Applebaum
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But it also, the way it was staged, you know, it was meant to say, look, this guy is absolutely fine, there's nothing wrong with him, he was wearing clean clothes, he was in some kind of restaurant-looking setting. It was clearly designed to show that nothing all that bad is happening. So I worried about that aspect of it. Obviously the fact, you know, a U.S.
But it also, the way it was staged, you know, it was meant to say, look, this guy is absolutely fine, there's nothing wrong with him, he was wearing clean clothes, he was in some kind of restaurant-looking setting. It was clearly designed to show that nothing all that bad is happening. So I worried about that aspect of it. Obviously the fact, you know, a U.S.
Senator is willing to go there and put his reputation on the line and, you know, make an effort to save an innocent person from... A horrific and pointless fate is fantastic. And it's you know, I think it's gestures like these that will remind people that Congress has agency and senators can do things. I'm pleased that he did it. I mean, of course, what matters now is what happens next.
Senator is willing to go there and put his reputation on the line and, you know, make an effort to save an innocent person from... A horrific and pointless fate is fantastic. And it's you know, I think it's gestures like these that will remind people that Congress has agency and senators can do things. I'm pleased that he did it. I mean, of course, what matters now is what happens next.
Senator is willing to go there and put his reputation on the line and, you know, make an effort to save an innocent person from... A horrific and pointless fate is fantastic. And it's you know, I think it's gestures like these that will remind people that Congress has agency and senators can do things. I'm pleased that he did it. I mean, of course, what matters now is what happens next.
Does the administration listen to the Supreme Court, which has demanded that. Oh, das ist interessant. Ich wusste das nicht. It means Main Camp Administration. And SISOT is also an acronym. And, you know, these are names given to institutions that have unclear powers and exist outside of the rule of law.
Does the administration listen to the Supreme Court, which has demanded that. Oh, das ist interessant. Ich wusste das nicht. It means Main Camp Administration. And SISOT is also an acronym. And, you know, these are names given to institutions that have unclear powers and exist outside of the rule of law.
Does the administration listen to the Supreme Court, which has demanded that. Oh, das ist interessant. Ich wusste das nicht. It means Main Camp Administration. And SISOT is also an acronym. And, you know, these are names given to institutions that have unclear powers and exist outside of the rule of law.
And SISOT, from our point of view, is doubly outside the rule of law because it's outside of our country. So it's outside of our legal jurisdiction. It exists according to the unclear laws of some other country. Es ist vielleicht einfacher, mit Abrego Garcia zu sympathisieren, weil er unnötig ist und der Vater eines autistischen Kindes ist und er hat nie das Gesetz gebrochen.
And SISOT, from our point of view, is doubly outside the rule of law because it's outside of our country. So it's outside of our legal jurisdiction. It exists according to the unclear laws of some other country. Es ist vielleicht einfacher, mit Abrego Garcia zu sympathisieren, weil er unnötig ist und der Vater eines autistischen Kindes ist und er hat nie das Gesetz gebrochen.
And SISOT, from our point of view, is doubly outside the rule of law because it's outside of our country. So it's outside of our legal jurisdiction. It exists according to the unclear laws of some other country. Es ist vielleicht einfacher, mit Abrego Garcia zu sympathisieren, weil er unnötig ist und der Vater eines autistischen Kindes ist und er hat nie das Gesetz gebrochen.
And he's married to a U.S. citizen and so on. But really, even the ugliest and most unpleasant people who were sent into this lawless zone, that was a grave violation of the spirit of our Constitution. What a rule of law society is designed to be is one where there aren't exceptions, there aren't emergencies, there aren't gray areas and gray zones.
And he's married to a U.S. citizen and so on. But really, even the ugliest and most unpleasant people who were sent into this lawless zone, that was a grave violation of the spirit of our Constitution. What a rule of law society is designed to be is one where there aren't exceptions, there aren't emergencies, there aren't gray areas and gray zones.
And he's married to a U.S. citizen and so on. But really, even the ugliest and most unpleasant people who were sent into this lawless zone, that was a grave violation of the spirit of our Constitution. What a rule of law society is designed to be is one where there aren't exceptions, there aren't emergencies, there aren't gray areas and gray zones.
We have some already in our system, but this is an expansion of that. And it really is profoundly disturbing. And, you know, for that reason alone, it's really right that Senator Van Hollen went there to make that point.
We have some already in our system, but this is an expansion of that. And it really is profoundly disturbing. And, you know, for that reason alone, it's really right that Senator Van Hollen went there to make that point.
We have some already in our system, but this is an expansion of that. And it really is profoundly disturbing. And, you know, for that reason alone, it's really right that Senator Van Hollen went there to make that point.
Oh, I mean, it was certainly a propaganda tool. And, you know, everything is about how it's packaged and how it's sold. Probably it matters as much inside El Salvador as it does in the US. You know, this will be an effort to, you know, to portray the prisons as nice places and the regime as fair. And maybe, as you say, also to somehow smear this particular man.
Oh, I mean, it was certainly a propaganda tool. And, you know, everything is about how it's packaged and how it's sold. Probably it matters as much inside El Salvador as it does in the US. You know, this will be an effort to, you know, to portray the prisons as nice places and the regime as fair. And maybe, as you say, also to somehow smear this particular man.
Oh, I mean, it was certainly a propaganda tool. And, you know, everything is about how it's packaged and how it's sold. Probably it matters as much inside El Salvador as it does in the US. You know, this will be an effort to, you know, to portray the prisons as nice places and the regime as fair. And maybe, as you say, also to somehow smear this particular man.