What happened at Gitmo wasn't torture. Why, it was no worse than serious BDSM/ Special Forces training /frat hazing/ what the Chicago Police Department does on a daily basis....
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Longtime friend of LGM Jamie Mayerfeld has an excellent piece about Gitmo. I share some of Adam's concerns about the remedy of immediately releasing anybody who can't be charged with.
A first-hand account: I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity. I’ve been.
As the Obama administration's ability to attack Libya without congressional authorization reminds us, Congress has largely abdicated its constitutional role to legislate on military affairs. The good news is that this year's National Defense Authorization Act is an exception. The bad news is that the...
Ben Wittes believes that the new leaks about Gitmo are embarrassing because the government couldn't keep important secrets, and are inconsistent with the civil liberties of the persons who are,.
Serwer: It doesn't of course -- Republicans arguing that Gitmo is open because Obama has recognized the wisdom of using the facility is like a bully stealing a kid's lunch.
While the world continues to scour over the gossip goldmine that is CableGate, here is a genuinely important and disturbing story about DOD behavior in Guantanamo that just surfaced (through normal investigative reporting): The Defense Department forced all "war on terror" detainees at the Guantanamo...
Fascinating.``Harry Potter is a popular title among some of the detainee population,'' said the librarian, a civilian contractor identified only as ``Lorie'' who works at the prison camp for foreign.
It is well beyond time to suggest that Hitch has lost any credibility. Nonetheless. . .And now look. I think it is fairly safe to say that not one detainee.
Here's a good long piece in the New Yorker on the Independent State Legislature Theory. One of the rather odd features of American constitutional law is that something that almost literally nobody had ever even imagined could be the case for 200-plus years can suddenly...
Miss Thomas regrets that her sincere views about the 2020 election were made public: Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told the.
Today, a fractured Court speaking through a majority/plurality opinion written by Justice Breyer -- providing further evidence that Breyer falls into the Hugo Black category of "Democratic appointees who stayed.