Rights Abuses Extend Across Middle East, Report Says

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/world/middleeast/09rights.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=rights%20abuses%20extend%20across&st=cse

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From: barry levine 
Date: Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 7:46 AM
Subject: re: Rights Abuses Extend Across Middle East, Report Says
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

   Americans should be troubled to learn that our key allies around the world continue to abuse human rights. Extra-judicial slaying mock both the structure of law and the dignity of each of us. I am concerned however that the State Department report assesses only our allies, and neglects to assess the actions of our own government.  As I write this, Anwar al-Awlaki is the target of a kill-order from our White House, yet he is a U.S. citizen and has been charged with no crime. That's not what I expect of my government.

Barry Haskell Levine