Weekly Open Thread – July 4th
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Broadcasting Our Playbook to the Enemy
Friar Louis Vitale, left, and Toby Blome, of San Francisco, protest during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, July 13, 2006, on Capitol Hill, challenging the Bush administration’s constitutional authority …
When Transparency Kills
Back in April, President Obama made it clear that his administration would release 44 photos of detainees abused in Afghanistan and Iraq, in the name of transparency. The ACLU felt …
Choosing the Least Bad Option
Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg News Mr. Obama signed executive orders about Guantánamo, but many questions remain unresolved. Lesson yet to be learned by President Obama: Don’t make promises you can’t deliver on. …
Obama’s Plan to Close Gitmo…Was Bush’s Plan 3yr Ago
Yep, just like President Obama took his plan for Iraq, his bailout plans, and more now he’s trying to market his “plan” for closing Gitmo…straight from George W Bush’s Sept …
Obama Eyes ‘Preventive Detention’ System
During a 90 minute meeting with human rights advocates today, President Barack Obama said that he was considering coming up with some sort of “preventive detention” system which would provide …
Chris Matthews Can’t Handle The Truth
I’m sorry, but I simply MUST post this. Memories of A Few Good Men…(ht Hot Air) Watch this, and consider that we’re not talking about beating up a Marine, but …
Don’t know much about history…
Jon Stewart had on his program Cliff May, president of The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, last week. Stewart did a by-the-book job bringing up most of the anti-“torture” talking …
Obama to Bring Back Military Tribunals Which He Opposed As Professional Candidate
Another day, another evil Bush policy brought back without an iota of resistance or even complaint, “The Obama administration is moving toward reviving the military commission system for prosecuting Guantánamo …
Torturing Terrorists-It’s Not That Hard
There’s a lot of big things happening right now-LOTS, and it’s hard to get a grasp for even seasoned newshounds to keep track of exactly where we are and where …