Your Drug War At Work
The U.S. is about to extradite a British man for a 20 year old drug offense. Giles Carlyle-Clarke, a British aristocrat, says he is part of a secret deal between the U.S. and Britain in which he is being sacrficed in exchange for the release of the British prisoners at Guantanamo.
Carlyle-Clarke, 47, a furniture importer and former racing yachtsman, will present a 2,000-name petition to the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, this week, to protest against his deportation to Alabama. If convicted he could face 25 years....
Carlyle-Clarke, whose family has owned the ancient Winterborne Clenston estate in Dorset since 1066, told The Observer: 'I am sole parent to an eight-year-old child I have brought up from birth. My over-riding concern is the welfare of Max. There has never been another figure in his life. He has no one else and would be effectively orphaned by my extradition.'
Carlyle-Clarke has no prior criminal record. If the House of Lords does not act on his petition, he could be in the U.S. by February.
Was there a deal between Bush and Blair for his extradtion? The British authorities deny it, but Carlyle-Clark says:
Carlyle-Clarke believes his extradition could be part of the deal that led to the release of British detainees held in Guantanamo. The deportation was approved by the Home Office at the end of November 2003, 10 days after the controversial visit of President Bush to London, when the Guantanamo prisoners were discussed. During the visit, Tony Blair announced that the fate of the detainees would soon be resolved. The first five prisoners returned to Britain last March and the release of the remaining four British detainees was announced last week.
How much will we spend to incarcerate Mr. Carlyle-Clark? What a waste.
[hat tip to Cliff]
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