Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Here is a Bipartisan Letter to State Department Urges U.S. to Recognize Legal Rights of Terrorism Victims signed by nine Senators.
Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) spearheaded a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voicing opposition to any administration interference with the legal rights of victims of terrorism.
The Antiterrorism Act of 1990 (ATA) gives victims of terrorism and their families an avenue through which to seek redress against terrorists through the American court system. The Palestinian Authority is currently seeking to nullify monetary damages awarded under the ATA to Leslye Knox, a Georgian woman whose husband was killed in a 2002 Palestinian terrorist attack. The Palestinian Authority has requested the United States to file a "Statement of Interest" in the case; the administration is expected to decide by February 29, 2008 whether to do so...
Here's a video report from CNN on the matter.
Will our own State Department and President do it, or will they cave in to chase the latest Middle East peace phantom? It's all a bit "funny" isn't it? Since we're giving all this aid, we'll really end up paying our own citizens through these judgments -- and that's fine...more reason not to give foreign aid to terror states.
Update: There's a very good post on this at Boker Tov, Boulder, here
