Bush processa Greenpeace, por esta chamar a atenção para o tráfico ilegal de madeiras exóticas, acusando a organização de embarcar prostitutas.
Next week, on May 17th, Greenpeace USA will be under threat of being declared a criminal organisation at the behest of the US Attorney General, under an obscure law that has been invoked only twice in its 130 years on the statute books - the last time was more than 100 years ago. (...)
In April 2002, six Greenpeace activists did just that. After two of them boarded a commercial ship, the APL Jade, which was bringing illegal mahogany into the port of Miami, Florida, they pleaded guilty, were fined and sentenced to "time served" - the weekend they all spent in jail. The judicial process had run its course. (...)
In a matter of a few weeks, US law could be used in an unprecedented way to declare Greenpeace USA a criminal organisation, as a result of acting to protect Brazilian mahogany - a species now declared at risk according to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Obviamente, como costumam dizer os blogues de direita, isto não passa de mais um ataque contra a democracia de quem não gosta da liberdade de expressão.