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lanuary 25. 2 0 0 6 |J n r t lattò (Observer Page B2 J ustice L aw Wyden Opposes Supreme Court Nominee the past few w eeks" with A lito 's tw o-decade record as a federal ap peals court judge and official in the Reagan and Bush adm inistrations, W yden said Friday. “ It is my conclusion that A lito 's record portends a view on the power o f the president that would under m ine our proven and constitution ally-m andated system o f checks and balances,” W yden said. “ H is rec o rd d e m o n stra te s a d an g ero u s and narrow in te rp re tation o f the co m m erce clau se (o f the C o n stitu tio n ), w hich co uld Changes course from last Bush pick (A P )— Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has sw itched gears saying he will oppose Suprem e Court nominee Samuel Alito because he is not co n vinced that Alito will bring an im partial viewpoint to the court. W yden voted in favor o f Presi dent B ush's last Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, w ho was U .S. S e n . R on W yden Human rights group says denials ring hallow S T A T E F A R M IN S U R A N C E C O M P A N IE S HOME OFFICES: BLOOMINGTON. (A P) — The Bush adm inistra tion has a deliberate strategy of abusing terror suspects during in terrogations, according to an an nual report on the treatm ent of people in more than 70countries by Human Rights Watch. The hum an rights group based its conclusions m ostly on state ments by senior adm inistration o f ficials in the past year, and said P re sid en t B u s h ’s re a ssu ra n ce s that the United States does not torture suspects w ere deceptive and rang hollow. AFFORDABLE « JJ S a m u e l Alito U.S. Accused of Deliberate Abuses Michael E. Harper, Sr. 9045 SWBuitxir. Suite 109 Rutland. OR97219 (503)221-3050 confirm ed as C hief Justice last fall. Like Roberts, Alito is opposed by the N A A C Pandcivil rights groups. W yden, a D em ocrat, met with Alito Jan. 18 and talked about ex ecutive power, legal precedents and abortion rights. "I cannot reconcile the seem ingly moderate and am iable jurist of lead to results that w ould threaten the health and safety o f all A m eri c a n s .” W yden also criticized A lito for "stan d in g w ith large, corporate polluters who fouled our air, poi soned our waters, and then d o n 't w ant to pay for it.” T he full Senate is expected to vote this w eek on A lito’s nom ina tion to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O 'C o n n o r. Sen. G ordon Smith. R-Ore.. has said he expects to vote for Alito, calling him "suprem ely qualified.” LOCK & KEY FULL LOCKSMITH - SERVICE • RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS LOCKED 0UT7-WE MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH: HOUSE. OFFICE OR CAR Portland 503.284.9582 • Oregon City 503.656.2116 Serving Portland/Metro area (N, NE, SE, SW & NW) Wally Testa “ In 2005 it becam e disturbingly clear that the abuse of detainees had becom e a deliberate, central part o f the Bush adm inistration's strategy o f interrogating terrorist suspects,” the report said. On a trip to Europe last month. Secretary o f State Condoleezza Rice told foreign leaders that cruel and degrading interrogation methods were forbidden for all U.S. person nel at hom e and abroad. She pro vided little detail, however, about w hich practices were banned and other specifics. In a separate report, the organi zation strongly criticized three in surgent groups in Iraq - al-Q aida, A nsar al-Sunna and the Islamic Army - for targeting civilians with car bombs and suicide bom bers in m osques, markets, bus stations. H ow ever, the group said the abuses "took place in the context o f the U .S.-led invasion o f Iraq and the ensuing m ilitary occupation that resulted in tens o f thousands o f civilian deaths and sparked the em ergence o f insurgent groups." 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Codino, DC S ec u rity c a m e r a s s h o w a m a n robbing a G resh a m ba n k. Armed Robber Captured on Video FBI tries to identify suspect The FBI Violent Crim es Task Force is asking the public for assis tance in identifying and locating a two-time bank robber who threat ens bank em ployees with a weapon. The most recent robbery hap pened Jan. 18 at approxim ately I 1:45 a.m. at the M Bank at I29ON.E. Burnside Rd. in Gresham Officials said he dem anded cash and pointed a black-colored hand gun at the teller. No one was in jured. He was last seen leaving the bank on foot headed westbound on Southeast Division St. The earlier robbery happened at a Gresham Wells Fargo branch on Nov 28. In this incident, the robber also displayed a weapon. In both eases, he left the bank with an un disclosed amount of cash. W itnesses describe the suspect as a white man in his mid 50s toearly 60s. about six feet, tw o inches tall, with a heavy build, possibly 250- 300 pounds, with gray hair and a gray beard. He was wearing a green army-like jacket with dark pants and dark mirrored sunglasses. A nyone w ith in fo rm atio n is asked to call the FBI at 503-224- 4181. I Award w inning colum nist and b e s t-s e llin g a u th o r A n th o n y A sadullah Sam ad has been nom i nated for a N A A CP Image Award for his latest book “50 Y ears After Brown: The S tate o f Black Equal ity In America. The book offers a tim ely dis cussion in how far A frican A m eri cans have advanced since the landm ark ease o f Brown v. Board o f Education o f Topeka, KS, et al. in 1954. It analyzes the history o f the equality battles before the Brown decision and critiques the 50 year battle to define and en gage political, social and economic equality for all A m ericans. Sam ad is an associate profes sor o f political science and A fri can A m erican studies at East Los A ngeles College. He is also cur- A n th o n y S a m a d rently the m anaging director o f the Urban Issues Forum o f G reater Los Angeles. Prison for Chili Finger Hoax ( A P) — A co u p le w ho planted a severed fin g er in a bow l o f W e n d y 's chili in a schem e to ex to rt m oney from the fast-fo o d chain w ere sen ten ced Jan. 18 to priso n te rm s o f at least nine y ears. A nna A yala, 40, w ho said she bit into the dig it, w as sen ten ced to nine years. H er husband. Jaim e P lascen cia, 44, w ho o b tain ed the finger from a co -w o rk er w ho lost it in a w o rk p lace accid en t, w as se n ten c ed to m ore than 12 years. “G reed and av arice overtook th is c o u p le ." said C a lifo rn ia S u perior Court Judge Edw ard Davila, ad d in g that the p air had “ lost th eir m oral c o m p ass." T h e tw o p lead ed g u ilty in S ep tem b er to co nspiracy to file a false in su ran ce claim and attem p ted g rand theft w ith d am ages ex c ee d ing $2.5 m illion.