I haven't had any time to blog these past two days, but if I had, these would have been the stories I blogged about. + California kids should pay very... [More]
February 1, 2008
February 2, 2008
I Hate "Some People"
Yet another example of the dreaded "some people." Andrew Sullivan: Some don't want to use that word about the Islamofascists. But they use women - perhaps with some mental retardation... [More]
February 6, 2008
CIA Chief: We Waterboarded
It is now official. "We don't torture," said the president. Except, of course, that we do. Or did. Waterboarding was and is illegal under US law. There are no "ticking... [More]
February 7, 2008
Evening Round-Up
No time for serious blogging today, so these quick updates are going to have to do. + Was Hillary actually about to run out of money? Or was it all... [More]
February 11, 2008
Gitmo: Worse and Worse
As yet another Gitmo-related case heads to the Supreme Court, we're learning more and more about the lunacy of our detainee policy there. And no, this time it doesn't involve... [More]
February 13, 2008
McCain and Waterboarding
Looks like the man has some very serious questions to answer on this subject. Until then, ThinkProgress gets it exactly right: John McCain: He was against waterboarding before he was... [More]
February 14, 2008
Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid! [Updated]
Keith Olbermann got it right tonight: The president is telling bald faced lies about the wiretapping bill currently before congress. He is deliberately using the threat of violence against the... [More]
February 15, 2008
Greenwald: Jihadis Throw a Wild Bash Over the Protect America Act
Damn. I really, really hope I never do anything to piss of Glenn Greenwald. What can one even say about this quote, included in Carl Hulse's NYT article on the... [More]
February 17, 2008
Warriors
Glenn Greenwald follows up Friday's brilliantly sarcastic "Jihadis Throw A Wild Bash Over the Protect America Act" with another scorcher: "The Fun and Excitement of Civilization Wars (fought from afar)."... [More]
February 18, 2008
Quote of the Day
Via Patrick Appel, Ryan McMaken: ...war is the biggest of big government programs, and the candidate that opposes it is almost inevitably the de facto small-government candidate. It reminds me... [More]
February 20, 2008
The Damage Done By Gitmo
For literally years now, many of us opposed to the prison at Guantanamo Bay have argued that the facility does serious and lasting damage to our standing in the world.... [More]
Striking Terrorists Inside Pakistan
Way back in the early days of the campaign, Obama made news by claiming that he would be willing as president to order strikes inside Pakistan if necessary. At the... [More]
More On McCain, Obama, and Terrorists Inside Pakistan
Following on my previous comments, here's Spencer Ackerman's take. I was annoyed by what McCain said, but it looks like Spencer is seriously pissed. But first, a reminder of what... [More]
An Important Question About Telco Immunity
Laura Rozen asks an important question: If the telcos feel they are being unfairly sued for cooperating with a government request that they were assured was legal, why don't they... [More]
Yet More On McCain, Obama, and Terrorists Inside Pakistan
As I suspected, the Obama camp knows this is a winner for them. Matt Y reports on a conference call with Obama foreign policy advisor with Susan Rice: One key... [More]
February 21, 2008
Democracy! Or Not, Depending
Brilliant. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _The Bush administration is pressing the opposition leaders who defeated Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to allow the former general to retain his position, a move that Western... [More]
February 23, 2008
Meanwhile, at Gitmo...
The former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo is now going to act as a witness for the defense in the upcoming trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the alleged former driver... [More]
February 24, 2008
Zakaria On Pakistan
Newsweek: In one of his many speeches on the sources of Islamic terrorism, George W. Bush argued that "when a dictatorship controls the political life of a country, responsible opposition... [More]
February 27, 2008
Playing Politics With Terror Trials
In February of 2007, Australian native David Hicks was a detainee in the prison facility of Guantanamo Bay. In March of 2007 he was sent home and allowed to return... [More]
Waterboarding Breaks International Law
So says Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. By definition, that means there are members of this administration who are war criminals.... [More]
900,000 Terrorists!
900,000 names and growing. Be afraid! Be very, very afraid!... [More]
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