From Baghdad To Beantown
Look who’s in town. Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general and champion of persecuted public servants everywhere, is fronting for Boston City Councilor/Hungarian porn enthusiast Chuck Turner. Boston Herald:
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark called for an investigation into U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan for seeking an indictment against City Councilor Chuck Turner.
Clark, the nation’s top law enforcement official from 1967 to 1969, called the Republican-appointed Sullivan’s prosecution of Turner, a black member of the Green-Rainbow Party, politically and racially motivated. He also accused Sullivan of going forward with a case that was “worse than sloppy,” and said he anticipates Turner being vindicated.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney could not be immediately reached.
Turner was arrested Nov. 21 and charged with taking a $1,000 bribe from a Roxbury businessman seeking a liquor license. He has since been indicted and charged with attempted extortion, conspiracy and giving false statements to FBI agents.
You’ll recall Government Exhibit B purporting to depict Turner receiving a $1,000 handshake. That followed Government Exhibit D, purporting to depict state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson stuffing cash in her double Ds. No indication Clark’s picking up that case, which is a little odd given his preference for high stakes gaming with unrepentant scoundrels.
Clark advised Saddam Hussein’s legal team, and also offered a legal assistance to Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. It’s not as far a reach as you’d think, from Baghdad to Boston. Chuck Turner’s no psychopathic mass-murdering dictator. However, he is a champion of downtrodden Iraqis himself, symbolic downtrodden Iraqis, that is. Specifically the symbolic Iraqi rape victims that were graphically depicted in a war crimes tableau by Hungarian porn actors and actresses. Turner and fellow local buffoon/charlatan Sadiki Kambon presented said pornography to local reporters at a press conference in 2004 as evidence of U.S. military war crimes. The graphic photos were run in the Boston Globe, an editorial decision the newspaper later regretted. Re Turner’s new representation, Boston Herald again:
Indicted City Councilor Chuck Turner is turning to lefty lightning rod and former Saddam Hussein lawyer Ramsey Clark to take up his defense against federal bribery charges.
Clark, a former U.S. Attorney General who also represented Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic, will hold a press conference this afternoon in front of the JFK Federal Building where he’ll call on U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan to drop his “politically motivated” case, according to a press release from SupportChuckTurner.com.
A spokewoman for the U.S. Attorney declined comment. However, former City Councilor Michael McCormack questioned Turner’s decision to attack the feds’ motive for indicting him.
“To accuse the U.S. Attorney of being the local office of the KKK as your defense isn’t going to get you very far,” McCormack said.
Renowned Boston defense attorney Robert George called Turner’s latest move a high-stakes gamble.
“His (Clark’s) appearance on behalf of any criminal defendant is a high-profile endorsement of a person’s innocence,” George said. “On the other hand, this was the defense attorney for people such as Saddam Hussein, which some people may take the wrong way.”
Turner sparked outrage four years ago when he held a press conference and unveiled graphic photos purportedly depicting U.S. soldiers raping Iraqi women. The photos were revealed to be Web porn, but not before the Boston Globe ran with the allegations.
Clark, 80, who distinguished himself as a civil rights champion as U.S. Attorney General in the 1960s, won the 2008 United Nations Human Rights Prize.
He evolved, however, into a vocal detractor of the U.S. government. He helped found the radical International Action Center in New York and has called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush.
Reached by telephone at his New York City apartment, Clark refused to discuss his appearance today other than to say he became aware of Turner’s case because he “follows civil rights.”
It’s that connection that will resonate with the public, said media strategist Joyce Ferriabough.
“When people think of Ramsey Clark, they think of a warrior for fairness, no matter who they are,” Ferriabough said.
Yeah, that’s what everyone thinks of.
Topics: Boston, Saddam, lawyers
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:50 pm on Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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December 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
“When people think of Ramsey Clark, they think of a warrior for fairness, no matter who they are,” Ferriabough said.
Yeah, that’s what everyone thinks of.
I think of a publicity-seeking old fool who did some good way back in the day and decided from then on to take the contrarian view no matter what America does. I didn’t even know he was still alive.