Showing posts with label war on terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war on terrorism. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

On torture, war crimes and hypocrisy

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So Democrats in Congress are up in arms about revelations that our government tortured inmates as part of the War on Everything Terror. It...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Court releases Obama's drone memo

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Thanks to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, the infamous Obama administration "drone memo" is now public . The memo lays out the a...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Trusting blindly and swallowing whole

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Too little, too late

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On New Year's Eve 2013 Lynne Stewart, suffering from advanced breast cancer, was released from federal prison by Federal Judge John Koel...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Serving two masters

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I will  prescribe  regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and  never do harm  to anyone. -- Hippocra...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Missing the point entirely

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A little bit over a week ago Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released reports that humanized the victims of US drone attacks ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

History doesn't have to repeat itself to create a farce

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farce     [ fahrs ]   noun,   verb,   farced,   farc·ing. noun 1. a   light,   humorous   play   in   which   the   plot   dep...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Going after the fourth estate

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Glenn Greenwald is a very bad man. At least that's the impression the Obama administration wants to give you. It was Mr. Greenwald who...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Warriors for a new tomorrow

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No, that's not an armed invasion of the City of Houston. It's just the latest example of the increasing militarization of the pol...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Bradley Manning cleared of aiding the enemy

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Bradley Manning knew what he was doing when he downloaded reams of government documents and forwarded them to WikiLeaks. He knew the informa...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Forced feeding = torture

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Is it a form of torture to force feed a prisoner on hunger strike? Let's forget for a second the question of whether it's torture ...
Friday, May 24, 2013

More platitudes and empty promises

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Yesterday President Obama gave a speech at the National Defense University in which he laid out his policy objectives in the War Against Eve...

Murder, terrorism and hypocrisy

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Britain is all atwitter over a supposed terrorist attack in London in which a British soldier was hacked to death by two men - one of whom ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Plugging leaks

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The Obama administration has gone after more whistleblowers and journalists for leaking classified information that all other administration...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

A few thoughts on the bombing in Boston

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Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. --   President Obama (4/16/2013) There were a few things th...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Where there's smoke, there's a microphone

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The fix was in from the beginning. You know it. I know it. We all know it but the government is deadset on proceeding with a show trial in t...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

It's okay because I said it's okay

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First forget about all the niceties we've come to appreciate. I'm talking about the Due Process Clause, the right to trial by jury a...
Friday, December 14, 2012

The (show) trial of the century

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US Army Col. James Pohl is faithfully doing the bidding of his masters . The man who will preside over the trial, in military court, of Khal...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Tanks for the memories

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If you ever needed proof that asset forfeiture laws need to be reformed, this item from the Montgomery County (Texas) Courier is all you ne...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Military ousts judge in court martial

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Apparently Col. Gregory Gross went too far for the Army when he ordered that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing of 1...