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20:58:49 05/23/12
Former Chongqing Police Chief Wang Lijun Faces Treason Charges
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Former Chongqing Police Chief Wang Lijun Faces Treason Charges
For more news and videos visit ➡ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ➡ http Add us on Facebook ➡ on.fb.me When former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun fled to a US consulate, he set off a chain reaction that sparked possibly the biggest political scandal in China in two decades. Now there are reports that Wang may be facing charges of treason for his transgressions against the Party. According to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun is facing charges of treason. A trial could begin as soon as next month. Wang made headlines when he fled to a US consulate in Chengdu in February, where he told officials of an elaborate power struggle in the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist Party. Some analysts see Wang's case as a prelude for what may happen to his former employer and Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai. Wang's flight to the consulate implicated Bo in a number of scandals. One includes an alleged cover up for the murder of a British expatriate at the hands of Bo's wife Gu Kailai. Another is a high-level conspiracy between Bo and Zhou Yongkang to overthrow Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping. It's unclear whether such a trial would be made public, or if the usual punishment for treason -- execution -- is being sought. From: NTDTV Views: 13 2 ratings Time: 00:55 More in News & Politics
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01:54:57 05/14/12
How to Play the "Murderer" Party Game
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Learn how to play the improve game "Murderer" at your next party in this free video series that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
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14:17:27 04/27/12
Bo Xilai's Son Received Several Tickets From Boston Police
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Bo Xilai's Son Received Several Tickets From Boston Police
In an effort to dispel reports that he led a luxurious lifestyle, Bo Guagua, the Chinese "princeling" at Harvard and son of a deposed Communist leader, this week denied he ever drove a Ferrari. But Mr. Bo has racked up three traffic citations in Massachusetts%mdashand according to a person familiar with the matter, he was driving a black Porsche. Mr. Bo is the son of Bo Xilai, the ousted party chief of Chongqing, China, and his wife Gu Kailai, who is under suspicion in China for the murder of a British businessman. From: WSJDigitalNetwork Views: 664 1 ratings Time: 02:14 More in News & Politics
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13:49:05 04/21/12
Zhou Yongkang Under Investigation in China's Power Struggle
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Zhou Yongkang Under Investigation in China's Power Struggle
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Will China's security chief Zhou Yongkang be the next to go in the Communist regime's intensifying power struggle? This may very well be the case, according to overseas media reports. With the Chinese regime's opaque political system, many incidents relating to the recent Party power struggles have been pre-empted by so-called "rumors" that surface online. The Associated Press reported on Thursday that China's Zhou Yongkang is now under investigation. It's triggered by his political link to Bo Xilai, the ousted Chongqing Party Secretary. It's now even clearer that the Bo Xilai affair is not an isolated incident involving Wang Lijun's visit to the US consulate, or the alleged murder of Neil Heywood. Instead, it reaches the upper echelon of the Communist Party. NTD has been reporting on the bigger political picture for some time, and predicted Zhou Yongkang's likely fate more than a month ago. Zhou heads the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee, or PLAC. It's a wide-reaching security agency that has earned a reputation for breaking the law and persecuting Chinese citizens. Zhou is believed to have been plotting a coup with Bo Xilai to topple Vice President Xi Jinping during or after a major power transition later this year. Zhou is said to be the only person in the top-ruling circle, the Politburo Standing Committee, to have opposed Wen Jiabao's decision to ... From: NTDTV Views: 424 7 ratings Time: 02:20 More in News & Politics
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13:41:41 04/21/12
Where is Bo Guagua, Bo Xilai's Son?
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Where is Bo Guagua, Bo Xilai's Son?
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The whereabouts of this young Harvard student are mystifying many China-watchers. He is Bo Guagua, the 24-year-old son of Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai%mdashthe Chinese power couple now under investigation over allegations that include murder and corruption. On Wednesday, the US State Department denied on reports that Bo Xilai's son is in US custody. That comes after media, including the Wall Street Journal, reported he was escorted from his apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts by private security guards. [Mark Toner, Deputy Spokesperson, US Department of State]: "We've had inquiries about his son. As far as we know, there's nothing to those reports. I can recommend you contact local authorities, but as far as we know, there's nothing to those reports. He remains at school at Harvard." Hong Kong's Apple Daily reported Thursday that Bo Guagua has not been seen at Harvard for some time, although he remains enrolled at the school. There were also rumors that Bo Guagua had returned to Beijing and was placed under surveillance. Chinese lawyer Li Tiantian believes it's highly likely that the Chinese regime is trying to get hold of Bo as part of its high-profile investigation into his parents. [Li Tiantian, Chinese Lawyer]: "In order to be proactive, the Communist Party is certainly trying to gain control of Bo Guagua, because they don't know what kind of information he has. When ... From: NTDTV Views: 412 5 ratings Time: 02:09 More in News & Politics
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09:50:33 04/17/12
Alleged Poisoning Details in Bo Xilai-Linked Murder Case
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Alleged Poisoning Details in Bo Xilai-Linked Murder Case
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The continuing scandal of disgraced Chinese politican Bo Xilai took an unexpected turn last week with the arrest of his wife, Gu Kailai, for the murder of UK citizen Neil Heywood. Now new allegations have appeared on Chinese-language websites, claiming to divulge additional details of this case at the center of China's Communist Party political struggle. When UK-businessman Neil Heywood turned up dead in the city of Chongqing, his body was swiftly cremated. Local government sources then claimed that his cause of death had been "excessive alcohol consumption". Close friends, however, found this explanation deeply unlikely given that Heywood seldom drank. Now, new accounts relayed by Chinese-language websites Boxun and Baidu claim that the cause of Heywood's death was poisoning by cyanide. The alleged source of this information is one of the Chongqing officials who ordered the act, at the orders of now disgraced Communist Party leader Bo Xilai and his wife, Gu Kailai. Heywood had been a close associate of the power couple, and is widely reported to have both mentored their UK-educated son and to have assisted them with various murky financial dealings...including allegedly moving 800-million pounds overseas. The case was dramatically reopened this past week, when Gu Kailai was arrested and held on charges of planning the murder. Bo Xilai, meanwhile, was stripped ... From: NTDTV Views: 145 2 ratings Time: 02:34 More in News & Politics
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09:26:04 04/17/12
Wealth of Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai's Extended Family Under Scrutiny
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Wealth of Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai's Extended Family Under Scrutiny
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The family wealth of China's fallen political couple has been placed under the spotlight. The siblings of Bo Xilai%mdashthe sacked Chongqing party chief now under investigation for "disciplinary violations"%mdashand his wife Gu Kailai%mdashwho faces a murder charge of a British businessman%mdashare reported to be linked to several businesses in China and overseas worth millions of dollars. The family wealth of ousted communist official Bo Xilai has come under media scrutiny, as an official murder investigation continues into the death of British citizen Neil Heywood. Bo's wife is the primary suspect. Reuters has reported that though Heywood was a close friend of the Bo family, they had a falling out. Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, asked Heywood for help with transferring a large sum of money overseas. He reportedly asked her for a larger cut of money. Gu refused, and Heywood threatened to expose her financial dealings. Before Bo Xilai was ousted as Chongqing's Communist Party Chief, he had defended his wife. He called Gu, who was a successful lawyer, nothing more than a housewife. Media reports later revealed she has links to several businesses in China, the UK, and the United States. The couple's son also received an elite education from expensive Western schools. Media reports have also revealed that both Bo and Gu's siblings are connected to successful businesses worth more than one ... From: NTDTV Views: 158 1 ratings Time: 02:21 More in News & Politics
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17:24:22 04/13/12
China Struggles to Contain Bo Xilai Buzz
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China Struggles to Contain Bo Xilai Buzz
China's propaganda machine has gone into overdrive following the removal of top Communist Party leader Bo Xilai and a murder investigation into his wife,. Brian Spegele has details on Lunch Break. Photo: AP From: WSJDigitalNetwork Views: 494 4 ratings Time: 03:21 More in News & Politics
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13:54:50 04/13/12
Hannity Defends George Zimmerman on Fox News
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Hannity Defends George Zimmerman on Fox News
George Zimmerman is a victim (with a bounty on his head by the New Black Panther Party) who has had his civil rights violated - this is the case made by Fox News host Sean Hannity who was called by Zimmerman himself after being dumped by his attorneys. Zimmerman has since been charged with 2nd-degree murder by special prosecutor Angela Corey for the shooting of Trayvon Martin - Hannity believes he's been 'overcharged'. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it all down. Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: www.gplus.to Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com From: TheYoungTurks Views: 44038 1571 ratings Time: 06:03 More in News & Politics
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02:09:20 04/12/12
China Attempts to Contain High-Level Political Scandal
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China Attempts to Contain High-Level Political Scandal
China has tried to clamp down on Internet discussions and move beyond a scandal surrounding the once-powerful political leader Bo Xilai, who was removed from the ruling Communist Party's Politburo while his wife was named the main suspect in the murder of a British businessman. Margaret Warner reports. From: PBSNewsHour Views: 443 5 ratings Time: 02:17 More in News & Politics
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08:15:00 04/11/12
Ambition, murder at the heart of Bo Xilai's fate
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April 11 - Bo Xilai, the former party chief of Chongqing, has been purged from China's political elite and his wife detained over murder suspicions. China expert Willy Lam says Bo's wife may be convicted.
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07:27:00 04/11/12
China suspends controversial party member Bo Xilai
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April 11 - China suspends politician Bo Xilai from Communist party and detains his wife in connection to murder of a Briton. Julie Noce reports.
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07:18:36 04/11/12
Bo's `Enemies' Seen Taking Clash to Next Level
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Bo's `Enemies' Seen Taking Clash to Next Level
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Patrick Chovanec, an associate professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management, discusses Bo Xilai's suspension from his Chinese Communist Party posts after an investigation led to his wife being arrested on suspicion of murdering a UK citizen. He speaks from Beijing with Caroline Hyde on Bloomberg Television's "First Look." (Source: Bloomberg) From: Bloomberg Views: 41 0 ratings Time: 04:37 More in Entertainment
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19:19:55 04/10/12
Bo Xilai Suspended By China Amid Murder Mystery
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Bo Xilai Suspended By China Amid Murder Mystery
WSJ assistant managing editor John Bussey visits Mean Street to discuss the suspension of Bo Xilai from Communist Party positions and allegations surrounding his wife and the alleged murder of a British businessman. From: WSJDigitalNetwork Views: 91 1 ratings Time: 05:52 More in News & Politics
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01:00:42 04/06/12
Republicans Threaten Judges, Accuse Obama of Judicial Intimidation
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(Clips of Tom Delay and John Cornyn quoted below start after the 1:00 mark.)
On Monday, President Obama unsurprisingly expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would uphold the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Even less remarkable, Obama rightly reminded Americans that "conservative commentators" have for years said "the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint -- that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law." Nevertheless, Republicans quickly accused the President of "unprecedented" effort to "intimidate the Supreme Court."
Of course, this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black (to put it mildly). After all, denouncing " judicial activism " has been a GOP talking point for years. Not content to rest there, the party's members of Congress and presidential candidates have pushed to limit the federal judiciary's jurisdiction on a range of issues, abortion not least among them. And as their incendiary rhetoric during the Terri Schiavo saga and other episodes reveals, Republican leaders didn't hesitate to issue none-too-thinly veiled threats of violence against the nation's judges .
Following the President's statement, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led the GOP charge: >
"This president's attempt to intimidate the Supreme Court falls well beyond distasteful politics. It demonstrates a fundamental lack of respect for our system of checks and balances."
While Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Karl Rove all called the President a "thug," McConnell doubled-down on Thursday, insisting Obama should "back off" because "the independence of the court must be defended."
Of course, back in 2005, McConnell played a pivotal role in the GOP effort to disregard the 19 rulings by Florida and federal courts, including the Supreme Court, in the case of Terri Schiavo . As he explained to an incredulous Brit Hume of Fox News: >
What we simply did was grant to the courts an opportunity to review the case, something they do in habeas corpus petitions in death penalty cases all the time. It's not unusual for a death decision. And in effect, that's what's happening here. >
A decision to let Ms. Schiavo die would be reviewed in the courts. That's all Congress did. The courts took a look at it, decided not to review it. And this tragic matter obviously is soon going to come to an end.
Not if Texas Senator John Cornyn had his way. Cornyn, himself a former chief judge of the Texas Supreme Court and author in 2010 of an attack on Obama nominee Elena Kagan titled, " I Sense a Judicial Activist ," took the Republican assault on the judiciary to a new and frightening level. Cornyn was one of the GOP standard bearers in the conservative fight against so-called "judicial activism" in the wake of the Republicans' disastrous intervention in the Terri Schiavo affair. On April 4th, Cornyn took to the Senate floor to issue a dark warning to judges opposing his reactionary agenda. Just days after the murders of judge in Atlanta and another's family members in Chicago, Cornyn offered his endorsement of judicial intimidation: >
"I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection, but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country...And I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters, on some occasions, where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in, engage in violence."
Facing criticism for his remarks seemingly endorsing right-wing retribution against judges, Cornyn held his ground . "I didn't make the link," he said on Fox News Sunday, adding with a note of sarcasm: >
"It was taken out of context. I regret it was taken out of context and misinterpreted."
As it turns out, Cornyn was merely echoing the words of the soon-to-be indicted House Majority Leader Tom Delay . On March 31st, Delay issued a statement regarding the consistent rulings in favor of Michael Schiavo by all federal and state court judges involved: >
"The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today."
As the New York Times reported: >
Saying that the courts ''thumbed their nose at Congress and the president,'' Mr. DeLay, of Texas, suggested Congress was exploring responses and declined to rule out the possibility of Congressional impeachment of the judges involved.
The impact of tacit conservative endorsement of violence against judges cannot be dismissed. After all, it extends to members of the Supreme Court of the United States. In March 2006, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg revealed that she and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor were the targets of death threats . On February 28th, 2005, the marshal of the Court informed O'Connor and Ginsburg of an Internet posting citing their references to international law in Court decisions (a frequent whipping boy of the right) as requiring their assassination: >
"This is a huge threat to our Republic and Constitutional freedom...If you are what you say you are, and NOT armchair patriots, then those two justices will not live another week."
Neither O'Connor nor Ginsburg were shy about making the connection between Republican rhetoric of judicial intimidation and the upswing in threats and actual violence against judges. While Ginsburg noted that they "fuel the irrational fringe," O'Connor blamed Cornyn and his fellow travelers for "creating a culture" in which violence towards judges is merely another political tactic: >
"It gets worse. It doesn't help when a high-profile senator suggests a 'cause-and-effect connection' [between controversial rulings and subsequent acts of violence]."
Of course, O'Connor and Ginsburg weren't the only targets of right-wing retribution, serious or otherwise. After sentencing Scooter Libby to 30 months in prison in 2007, Judge Reggie Walton reported receiving death threats. That episode followed a January 2006 joke by best-selling conservative author and media personality Ann Coulter , who mused in January 2006, "We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' creme brulee." (When Justice David Souter announced his resignation from the Court in 2009, Red State editor and CNN regular Erick Erickson responded by tweeting, "The nation loses the only goat f--king child molester to ever serve on the Supreme Court in David Souter's retirement.")
Apparently, Coulter's judicial rat poison would have been just fine with Montana Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg . Just weeks after the Tucson slaughter that claimed the life of circuit judge John Roll , Rehberg responded to a recent ruling by declaring he wanted to " put some of these judicial activists on the Endangered Species list ": >
"Environmental obstructionists found a federal judge in Missoula that was willing to ignore the scientific evidence as well as the expert opinions of on-the-ground wildlife managers here in Montana. And he ruled last August that the grey wolf had to remain on the Endangered Species List. >
When I first heard his decision, like many of you I wanted to take action immediately. I asked: how can we put some of these judicial activists on the Endangered Species List? I am still working on that!"
And so it goes.
Of course, the Republican criticism of President Obama's own critique of judicial activism started long before this week's comical accusation (shockingly echoed by a GOP appointee on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ) that Obama doesn't believe in the concept of judicial review. This week, Senator McConnell resurrected the GOP's bogus charge that Obama "browbeat the Court during the State of the Union."
As you'll recall, Republican leaders feigned outrage over President Obama's criticism of the Court's Citizens United decision during his 2010 State of the Union. Utah Senator Orrin Hatch called it "rude," adding "It's one thing to say that he differed with the court but another thing to demagogue the issue while the court is sitting there out of respect for his position." As usual, Texan John Cornyn took it a step further , calling Obama's strong disagreement with the Court "hysterical" and insisting : >
"I don't think the president should have done what he did in trying to call out the Supreme Court for doing its job. They are the final word on the meaning of the United States Constitution, even when we don't like the outcome."
Unless, that is, a Republican is in the White House.
After all, George W. Bush's Supreme politicking during his State of the Union speeches was a regular fixture of his presidency. For three straight years ( 2004 , 2005 and 2006 ), President Bush denounced "activist judges" and insisted "for the good of families, children and society, I support a constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage." On the very day Samuel Alito joined the Roberts Court, Bush used his 2006 SOTU for a victory lap: >
"The Supreme Court now has two superb new members -- new members on its bench: Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sam Alito. I thank the Senate for confirming both of them. I will continue to nominate men and women who understand that judges must be servants of the law and not legislate from the bench."
Of course, Bush had his own unique view of the constitutional separation of powers. As he put it in 2000: >
"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."
So much for the nine robed people who sit in the Supreme Court. Which is just fine with the GOP, just as long as one of their own is seated in the Oval Office.
(This piece also appears at Perrspectives .)
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16:21:52 03/13/12
Dwayne Moore's Defense Attorney
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Dwayne Moore's Defense Attorney
Dwayne Moore's defense attorney John Amabile tells the jury during closing arguments that the state's star witness is the guilty party in the murders of four people. From: WCVBtv Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 00:41 More in News & Politics















