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What the GITMO Files Reveal About State Secrecy

April 27, 2011 By ACLUm blog

by Kade Crockford As researcher Darryl Li points out, most of the Wikileaks Gitmo dump consists of US intelligence “’detainee assessments’ that reveal more about the inner fantasy world of the US intelligence apparatus than who the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, courts, gitmo, gtmo, guantanamo, guantanamo-bay, justice, leaks, liberty, marines, military, military commissions, obama, rule-of-law, secrecy, us, war-on-terror, wikileaks

Aiding and Abetting Our Enemies by Burning the Koran: A Postscript

September 9, 2010 By steven-j-gulitti

It is noteworthy that General David Petraeus appeared yet again on the evening news last night, repeating his very real concerns and continued dismay over the planned burning of a Koran by Preacher Terry Jones. General Petraeus was emphatic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abu-ghraib, david-petraeus, islamic-cultural-center, koran-burning, ray-odierno, terry-jones, war-on-terror

Aiding and Abetting Our Enemies by Burning the Koran

September 8, 2010 By steven-j-gulitti

The controversy surrounding the proposed and ill conceived burning of a Koran by a preacher named Terry Jones has devolved, to some degree, into an intellectual parlor game as to the rights of this preacher to do, untrammeled, what he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: david-petraeus, koran-burning-ground-zero-mosque-al-qaida, terry-jones, war-on-terror

The Proposed War Tax

December 4, 2009 By JimC

Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. Alan Khazei gets credit for bringing this idea to the Senate race, though I didn't see it on his website. City Year co-founder Alan Khazei kicked off the primary campaign's final televised debate by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afghanistan, iraq, ma-sen, senate-race, taxes, war-on-terror

Eight Years Ago Today: The Courage of Our Convictions

September 11, 2009 By JimC

Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. September 11 still feels like a solemn day. People talk about remembering the lessons of that day. But the lessons only emerged later: the Bush administration, with the full cooperation of Congress, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: september-11, war-on-terror

White House Will Investigate “Terrorism Era”

August 24, 2009 By JimC

Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama has approved creation of a new, special terrorism-era interrogation unit to be supervised by the White House, a top aide said Monday, further distancing his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, war-on-terror

This Just In: Conventional Village Wisdom Wrong; also Pope Catholic

January 22, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Turns out that there is polling on these questions, and the American people seem to have missed the memo from the village about what they are supposed to believe.  Of course the polling is phrased to try and push them toward village … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: guantanimo, tortue, war-on-terror

Go see “Rendition”

October 19, 2007 By ACLUm blog

A bunch of us over here at the ACLU got a chance Wednesday night to see an advance screening of Rendition, which officially opens tonight.I'd recommend it to anybody.  It has its Hollywood moments and oversimplifications, but overall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9/11, aclu, rendition, torture, war-on-terror

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