Entries Categorized as 'Guantanamo'
May 28, 2009
Via Darleen over at Protein Wisdom, an astonishing exchange between Hugh Hewitt and MSNBC Commentator/Los Angeles writer Lawrence O’Donnell:
O’D: . . . [L]et’s just get a couple of things straight. Nothing about Al Qaeda, nothing about the AQ Khan network, nothing … The guy [Cheney] wants you to rate his job starting on September 12 [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Around the 'Sphere, Constitutional Law, Drive-By Media, Guantanamo, History, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Media, Obama Administration, Terrible Terrorism, new media, politics 
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May 22, 2009
Ramesh Ponnuru:
President Obama and former Vice President Cheney weren’t so much a study in contrast today as a portrait of harmony. Both men agree that the Bush administration’s anti-terrorist policies were largely correct. Cheney signaled his acceptance of this view by vigorously defending those policies. Obama signaled it by largely adopting those same policies and [...]
Posted in Espionage, Guantanamo, Intelligence, and How No One Has Any, Matters Military, Obama Administration, Terrible Terrorism, new media No Comments »
May 11, 2009
Or whatever we’re going to call it: that is, the ever-evolving story of how much the Speaker knew, and when. And whether she thought about what she knew at the time, or simply woke up several years later, gasping, “why, that’s torture!“
Version 1: I knew nothing at all about waterboarding. So you can understand why [...]
Posted in Around the 'Sphere, Cuba, Guantanamo, Terrible Terrorism, Trust the Gubmint, politics No Comments »
April 23, 2009
It’s racism, straight up.
The declassification of Senate Intelligence Committee documents showed former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in the command chain for approval. It puts the decision [to allow waterboarding] even further in the White House, joining then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales (via Baldilocks):
Then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice verbally [...]
Posted in Around the 'Sphere, Blanket Security, Cheney, Condi, Culture and Race, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Terrible Terrorism, politics 2 Comments »
March 29, 2009
Who should be at the top of the list for those who contributed to the weakening of America’s defenses?
Legal Insurrection makes an argument for placing WaPo at the top of the list—due to its oddball reporting on the value of Gitmo interrogations—though I’d suggest that the NYT has also earned a high ranking. Obama will [...]
Posted in "War on Drugs", Around the 'Sphere, Cigars, Guantanamo, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Immigration, Mexico, Obama Administration, Terrible Terrorism, Trust the Gubmint 1 Comment »
March 12, 2009
January 21, 2009
I can’t figure out what Obama thinks he’s going to accomplish by further delaying the non-very-speedy trials at Guantanamo. Morrissey:
Recall that the military tribunal process has twice passed Congress as the preferred manner of dealing with these terrorists. Barack Obama opposed it as a Senator, but it received bipartisan support on both occasions. [...]
Posted in Americana, Around the 'Sphere, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Trust the Gubmint No Comments »
June 21, 2005
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