Ramsey Clark
Ramsey Clark
William Ramsey Clarkis an American lawyer, activist and former federal government official. A progressive, New Frontier liberal, he occupied senior positions in the United States Department of Justice under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, notably serving as United States Attorney General from 1967 to 1969; previously he was Deputy Attorney General from 1965 to 1967 and Assistant Attorney General from 1961 to 1965...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth18 December 1927
CountryUnited States of America
There are many problems with the legality of the court. The United States created the court. The United States spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the court.
The number of deaths have increased every year,
No lawyer Saddam Hussein has known before the U.S. invasion has seen him, ... He never has had anything approaching counsel of his own choosing?. There has been no ability to begin to prepare a defense.
It's a creature of the U.S. military occupation, its statute was drafted by the U.S. and rubber-stamped later by people in the U.S. and supported all the time.
What incredible insanity is driving us to hold this child, to glorify the grossness of our materialism as if you can buy the soul of a child,
We are living in Iraq, a country that I love, in a very dangerous time. Reconciliation is essential. This trial can either divide or heal.
Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to.
A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.
Today we had further evidence. The court was chaotic about the half the time (with) two people, three people speaking at the same time.
There is virtually no protection for the nine Iraqi lawyers and their families who are heroically here to defend truth and justice.
There will be motions made in court to enlist its support for a thorough investigation. It was selective violence calculated to destroy the ability of the defense to present its defense,
The whole environment in the country is so violent and threatening it's impossible for it to function.
This case presents as great a challenge of the possibility of a fair trial as any you're likely to see because the emotions are so intense,
A fair trial in this case is absolutely imperative for historical truth.