Category Archives: Guantanamo

20 Mar

Candidate Obama would demand impeachment of President Obama [Reader Post]

Barack Obama says he was all for World War II:

I don’t oppose all wars. My grandfather signed up for a war the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton’s army. He fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil.

He doesn’t oppose all wars- just dumb Bush wars: Continue reading

Posted in Africa, Barack Obama, Global Regions, Guantanamo, Liberal Idiots, Middle East, Obama Euphoric-Rapture Syndrome, Politics, The Iraqi War, WtF? | Tagged , , , , , | 79 Comments | 1,482 views
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17 Sep

Left Behind

Cpl. Michael Klipp, left, and Pfc. Brandon Ingram, 25, of Karoll, Ohio, right, load their weapons before heading out. Max Becherer-Polaris Andrew Lebovich’s The Legal War on Terror news brief: In remarks last Friday President Barack Obama conceded that his … Continue reading

Posted in Baracks Broken Promises, Guantanamo, Military, The Iraqi War | 26 Comments | 347 views
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28 Jun

Obama Throws In The Towel On Closing Gitmo [Reader Post]

Barack Obama has given up on closing Gitmo within his first and hopefully only term in office. WASHINGTON — Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantánamo prison, making … Continue reading

Posted in Barack Obama, Baracks Broken Promises, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo, War On Terror | 11 Comments | 416 views
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27 Mar

34th Detainee to be Released on a Habeas petition

Judge James Robertson: In a two-sentence ruling given on Monday, U.S. District Judge James Robertson granted the habeas corpus petition and thus ordered the release of Mohamedou Salahi, who was arrested in Mauritania in 2001 and has been held as … Continue reading

Posted in 9/11, Guantanamo, War On Terror | 6 Comments | 129 views
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22 Mar

Playing Shell Games and Painting Themselves into a Corner

This would be partisanly hilarious if it weren’t so serious. From the Washington Post: The White House is considering whether to detain international terrorism suspects at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, senior U.S. officials said, an option that would … Continue reading

Posted in Guantanamo, War On Terror | 10 Comments | 188 views
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10 Mar

Why the “al Qaeda 7″ Matters in the Legal War on Terror

Is this a case of smear or transparency?

Posted in 9/11, Barack Obama, Guantanamo, POWER GRAB!, Radical Relationships, War On Terror | 31 Comments | 296 views
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2 Mar

Criminalizing and Banning the EITs that Have Kept America Safe

Impeach Bush. War criminals. Cheney, Halliburton and torture. Illegal war. Spying on Americans. Secret prisons. shredding of our Constitution. Sacrificed our values. Bush lied, people died. Waterboarding is torture. Rather than seeing things in terms of “policy differences”, those further … Continue reading

Posted in 9/11, ACLU, American Intelligence, CIA interrogation program, Guantanamo, War On Terror | 14 Comments | 198 views
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26 Feb

“How not to torture” Memo Lawyers Cleared of “professional misconduct”

In reviewing Yoo’s new book, Mike wrote: In a day when we confront an enemy that has no state, wears no uniform and can not be appeased or negotiated with using diplomatic or economic means a new challenge was met … Continue reading

Posted in American Intelligence, CIA interrogation program, Guantanamo, War On Terror | 14 Comments | 285 views
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25 Feb

Daniel Freedman Debates Marc Thiessen

Much better, substantive debate than Thiessen’s previous appearance where Lawrence O’Donnell frothed and foamed at the mouth and had to be tranquilized and put back in his kennel. Even good questions from the MSNBC Morning Joe hosts (all points addressed … Continue reading

Posted in American Intelligence, CIA interrogation program, Guantanamo, Homegrown Jihadi, War On Terror | 3 Comments | 197 views
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17 Feb

Killing vs. Capturing/Interrogating Terrorists

“My position has always been clear: If you’ve got a terrorist, take him out. Anybody who was involved in 9/11, take ‘em out.” -Barack Obama More regarding the dueling VPs this weekend: Biden struck first, declaring that Cheney’s attacks on … Continue reading

Posted in 9/11, American Intelligence, CIA interrogation program, Guantanamo, Joe Biden, War On Terror | 10 Comments | 658 views
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