(snip from the World Socialist web site ...)
In Portland, Oregon, 5,000 demonstrators took to the streets to protest the war, as well as the role of the media and the Bush administration’s attacks on civil liberties. The marchers stopped for speeches outside the offices of KOIN, a local TV station, and the Oregonian newspaper, where speakers denounced the sanitized images and manipulation of the news of the war by the corporate media.
The March terminated at Pioneer Couthouse Square where several speakers addressed the crowd. Steve McGready, a friend of Maher “Mike” Hawash, spoke about Hawash being detained as a material witness in a “terrorism investigation.” Hawash, a Palestinian-born US citizen, was arrested where he worked at Intel Corporation three weeks ago and has since been held in seclusion, though no charges have been filed against him. McGready said that Mike Hawash is a prisoner of war.(/snip)
They are of course lying here because Hawash has not been held in seclusion but has requested to be segregated from the general population, which is appropriate in that he's a witness. Looking at the Findlaw case, it's clear he has a lawyer to talk to. And of course Hawash hasn't been charged - he's a WITNESS to another case which is in the hands of a Grand Jury. We charge SUSPECTS, not WITNESSES who are not suspects.
Judging from Mr. McGready's stupid comment from the World Socialist Web site, McGready is a nut. He says Hawash is a prisoner of war- which is silly since no one has accused Hawash of fighting against the US or even of fighting for anyone else. Which war is McGready thinking of, the War on Terror, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the Israeli conflict with Hamas, or some civil war in Africa? And why would McGready associate his friend with any war when according to McGready, his friend Hawash is "apolitical" and the only thing suspicious about Hawash are his donations to Global Relief and for all anyone knows, Hawash was taken into custody to testify in a case against the Mafia? What does McGready think he knows about Hawash? Was Hawash captured while in uniform, carrying arms openly, under the command of an organized force? I think not- he cannot be a POW then. McGready is not a very good spokesman for Hawash.
(snip) This afternoon should see Steven McGready of Intel giving his testimony. He was the only DoJ witness who refused to give written testimony in advance, to speed up proceedings. (/snip)