Comments on: The Era of “Transparency” has Begun! http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-era-of-transparency-has-begun Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: About that Presidential Executive Order on Interrogations… http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-266588 About that Presidential Executive Order on Interrogations… Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:38:54 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-266588 [...] Earlier today, CJ posted his examination of the Executive Orders regarding the Guantanamo Detention Facilities. His conclusion is that it bears little difference than the way the Bush Administration has been handling the situation; and that there’s enough legal loopholes in the wording, as to allow President Obama an “out”, from following through with closing the facility, should the Administration fail to solve the dilemma of what to do with the remaining detainees. (Check this out, btw: former detainees appear in al Qaeda video. That news compliments the other peachy story regarding a former detainee becoming a deputy leader in al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch). [...]

[...] Earlier today, CJ posted his examination of the Executive Orders regarding the Guantanamo Detention Facilities. His conclusion is that it bears little difference than the way the Bush Administration has been handling the situation; and that there’s enough legal loopholes in the wording, as to allow President Obama an “out”, from following through with closing the facility, should the Administration fail to solve the dilemma of what to do with the remaining detainees. (Check this out, btw: former detainees appear in al Qaeda video. That news compliments the other peachy story regarding a former detainee becoming a deputy leader in al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch). [...]

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]]> By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Credit Bush for Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-251491 Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Credit Bush for Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:10:47 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-251491 [...] Maybe President Obama hasn’t actually accomplished the following: 1. Closing Gitmo (same as Bush) 2 Outlawing torture by revoking Bush’s EO that said much the same thing 3. Withdrawal from [...]

[...] Maybe President Obama hasn’t actually accomplished the following: 1. Closing Gitmo (same as Bush) 2 Outlawing torture by revoking Bush’s EO that said much the same thing 3. Withdrawal from [...]

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]]> By: drjohn http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155711 drjohn Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:20:12 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155711 This is a great analysis as well http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2009/01/24/president-obama-close-gitmo/ Obama has violated the Geneva Convention

This is a great analysis as well

http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2009/01/24/president-obama-close-gitmo/

Obama has violated the Geneva Convention

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]]> By: Time Traveller http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155340 Time Traveller Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:10:36 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155340 Furthermore she seems so much smarter than the average American kid so Hungary must have a superior education system & /or orphanages . Perhaps she is an escapee from the Eastern Bloc abortion assembly lines. But the pilots licence is a worry. Do they still give aliens training? Thats a worry.

Furthermore she seems so much smarter than the average American kid so Hungary must have a superior education system & /or orphanages .

Perhaps she is an escapee from the Eastern Bloc abortion assembly lines.

But the pilots licence is a worry. Do they still give aliens training?

Thats a worry.

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]]> By: Time Traveller http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155335 Time Traveller Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:02:06 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155335 OLd Trooper -re your Hungarian daughter. The chronology is strange. You say she is 17 yet has seen tyranny etc first hand. Hungary became a democracy in 1990? It is heavily backed & monitored by the west . She was not born under communism but democracy. You say both her grandfathers were murdered by comunists in 1959 (1956 would make a better story) well that makes her parents pretty old say 35 -40 at her birth. People are usually grandparents at that age in eastern Europe. Why was she adopted out? Where did those mean socialists put her? Either your story is embellished or you have missed a generation . Hey Hey hungary is not the enemy any more.

OLd Trooper -re your Hungarian daughter.

The chronology is strange.

You say she is 17 yet has seen tyranny etc first hand. Hungary became a democracy in 1990? It is heavily backed & monitored by the west . She was not born under communism but democracy.

You say both her grandfathers were murdered by comunists in 1959 (1956 would make a better story) well that makes her parents pretty old say 35 -40 at her birth. People are usually grandparents at that age in eastern Europe.

Why was she adopted out? Where did those mean socialists put her?

Either your story is embellished or you have missed a generation . Hey Hey hungary is not the enemy any more.

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]]> By: Shimmy http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155316 Shimmy Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:52:51 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155316 When you think about it, everything will work out OK. Guantánamo still has its wonderstruck face and its body, the best of promised lands. It is an unfinished adventure. I realize that the War on Terror's heart is a delicate instrument, but she's in good shape. Of course, if the War on Terror doesn't eat her medicine, her heart will shrivel like an artichoke. But no one would let that happen.

When you think about it, everything will work out OK. Guantánamo still has its wonderstruck face and its body, the best of promised lands. It is an unfinished adventure. I realize that the War on Terror’s heart is a delicate instrument, but she’s in good shape. Of course, if the War on Terror doesn’t eat her medicine, her heart will shrivel like an artichoke. But no one would let that happen.

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]]> By: old trooper http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155303 old trooper Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:26:13 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155303 Even a blind squirrel gets lucky and finds an ACORN.

Even a blind squirrel gets lucky and finds an ACORN.

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]]> By: old trooper http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155302 old trooper Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:23:11 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155302 luva, get an eye exam.

luva, get an eye exam.

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]]> By: me.yahoo.com/a/tgqdcI0Oz http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155295 me.yahoo.com/a/tgqdcI0Oz Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:12:18 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155295 "The Attorney General, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Director of National Intelligence-designate Dennis Blair will report back and offer “additional or different guidance for other departments or agencies.” Bush holdover Gates and Blair (supporter and enabler of Indonesia's plundering of Timor) - the foxes guarding the hen house, will reoprt back with additional/different guidance? In other words, nothing is likely to change. Yup. There's change you can believe in - NOT! JV

“The Attorney General, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Director of National Intelligence-designate Dennis Blair will report back and offer “additional or different guidance for other departments or agencies.”

Bush holdover Gates and Blair (supporter and enabler of Indonesia’s plundering of Timor) – the foxes guarding the hen house, will reoprt back with additional/different guidance? In other words, nothing is likely to change.

Yup. There’s change you can believe in – NOT!

JV

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]]> By: DR http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/24/the-era-of-transparency-has-begun/#comment-155246 DR Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:24:37 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15800#comment-155246 Whether this is a plastic bone, or not, remains to be seen. While the Obama policy appears to be a distinction without a difference from Bush policy, it depends upon how it is applied. The Obama policy is probably far more nuanced than what we may see in terms of the supporting opinions and other documentation that provides the foundation to this particular directive. (Side note on the WH web site: Earlier this week, the Obama people were having problems with the system in terms of hardware and software. The hardware was completely replaced - servers, keyboards, monitors, printers, and other peripherals. New software installed - licensed and open source. The real problem was the slowness of network administrators in distributing log-in information and Obama WH personnel requesting log-in materials. Couple all of this with scrubbing the site and installing the Obama format. After a handful of HTTP 404 errors, anyone visiting there will not come back for awhile.)

Whether this is a plastic bone, or not, remains to be seen.

While the Obama policy appears to be a distinction without a difference from Bush policy, it depends upon how it is applied. The Obama policy is probably far more nuanced than what we may see in terms of the supporting opinions and other documentation that provides the foundation to this particular directive.

(Side note on the WH web site: Earlier this week, the Obama people were having problems with the system in terms of hardware and software. The hardware was completely replaced – servers, keyboards, monitors, printers, and other peripherals. New software installed – licensed and open source. The real problem was the slowness of network administrators in distributing log-in information and Obama WH personnel requesting log-in materials. Couple all of this with scrubbing the site and installing the Obama format. After a handful of HTTP 404 errors, anyone visiting there will not come back for awhile.)

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