29602: Hermantin(letter to Editor)Hastings could lead (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>


Letters to the Editor

Posted on Sun, Dec. 03, 2006


Hastings could lead

Re the Nov. 29 story Under pressure, Pelosi rejects Hastings for intelligence 
post: Alcee Hastings is one of the finest public servants I've known in 27 
years of advocacy.

In 1981, as a federal judge, Hastings single-handedly stymied unlawful 
government action designed to quickly deport Haitian asylum seekers by 
certifying a nationwide class action and prohibiting kangaroo-court hearings in 
remote facilities without counsel.

He's a man with brains and integrity. That's why incoming House Speaker Nancy 
Pelosi wanted him to lead the House Intelligence Committee in the first place. 
The loss of his leadership is a loss to the country.

STEVEN DAVID FORESTER, senior policy advocate, Haitian Women of Miami, Miami

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