Dig Out The Passport

It's time to firm up those vacation plans. LATimes (01.10.06), via TPM's The Daily Muck:

"The attorney for Randy 'Duke' Cunningham issued a statement Monday denying that the disgraced former congressman had worn a concealed microphone to gather evidence against other public officials but declined to specify whether he wore one in conversations with private individuals. Cunningham's Lawyer Denies Taping of Officials

"'Duke has never worn a body wire during any conversations with his former congressional colleagues or any other public official, and he has not surreptitiously gathered evidence against any public officials.'" As to the rest of you yahoos, however:

"In addition to the handful of countries which are not Members of the United Nations, there is a surprisingly large total of sixty three countries without bilateral extradition arrangements with the United States. Slightly over half of these nations (thirty two) are within the African continent. None is within the European or South American continents. Twenty are in the Orient and, with the exception of the USSR, China, and Mongolia, the remainder are small island nations scattered throughout the world." Extradition, US drug policy and the erosion of individual liberties

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