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...]
Aiding and Abetting Our Enemies by Burning the Koran: A Postscript
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...]
Aiding and Abetting Our Enemies by Burning the Koran
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...]
The Proposed War Tax
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...]
Eight Years Ago Today: The Courage of Our Convictions
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...]
White House Will Investigate “Terrorism Era”
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...]
This Just In: Conventional Village Wisdom Wrong; also Pope Catholic
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...]
Go see “Rendition”
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...]