Mar
02
Thanks to Memere’s email delivery service…. with a couple of slight corrections…
The George W Bush Presidential Museum is now in the planning stages. It was supposed to be a library, but the planners kept resigning. You’ll want to be one of the first to make a contribution to this great man’s legacy.
The Museum will include: [...]
Dec
07
I received an email today from Senator Saxby Chambliss, and I’m posting both his communication and my own.
Dear Ms. N: Thank you for contacting me regarding the National Security Agency’s (NSA) monitoring of conversations connected to terrorist activity and the treatment of military detainees. It is good to hear from you.
I certainly understand [...]
Dec
01
William Glaberson reports that defense attorneys representing a 21-year-old being held prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, “have been ordered by a military judge not to tell their client - or anyone else - the identity of witnesses against him” in the prisoner’s upcoming war crimes trial.
Attorneys point out that this “would hamper their ability to [...]
Sep
23
What is Mitt Romney’s position on torture?
See:
Romney, Torture and Teens
In right-wing Republican circles, abusive authoritarianism without due process is endemic - and profitable. By Maia Szalavitz
When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he’d support doubling the size of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, he was trying to show voters that he’d be tough on terror. [...]
Sep
16
President Bush currently has the power to declare anyone he wants, including U.S. citizens, to be an “enemy combatant” — and imprison them indefinitely without access to our court system - and without any explanation for their imprisonment.
The Senate is set to vote this week on whether or not to restore habeas corpus — the [...]
Jul
21
To my chagrin, I have never seen an episode of Boston Legal. If only it aired an hour (or two) earlier.
It looks like a show to which I could easily have become addicted.
Here’s ten minutes on Guantanamo. What’s not to love? Never mind the cast (wow. the cast.) - this is a succinct overview of [...]
