War on Terror
It appears that no Guantanamo detainees, including those who will be tried in a New York civilian court, were given their Miranda rights, nor were their “normal Fourth Amendment rights” observed. This is a sincere request: can someone provide a legal scenario in which all five of these cases are not thrown out on that…
And the latest Friday news drop arrives: In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse. The venue for the biggest trial in the age of terrorism means prosecutors must…
On Friday, representatives from the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, the Diocese of Providence, and the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island publicly responded to the massacre at Fort Hood. As the Projo‘s Maria Armental reported on Saturday… The Rev. Donald Anderson, executive minister of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, said he called…
The whole Abu Omar affair stinks. By way of summary, Abu Omar, or Nassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, is a Muslim cleric suspected of close connections to terrorist organizations and the funding thereof, was abducted by the CIA in Milan and taken to Egypt, where he was imprisoned and, he claims, tortured. At one point, given…
I’ll be continuing to post from the East Providence GOP event, but this demands immediate mention: Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base in a murderous rampage that officials believe was carried out by an Army psychiatrist. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News…
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton’s assessment of the options available to the United States in dealing with Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons ought to be absorbed and addressed by those on any side of the debate: Sad to say, Obama’s Iran policy is not much different from that of George W.…
It looks like the Obama administration is casting about for some excuse to do the wrong thing in Afghanistan: Before President Obama commits additional troops to Afghanistan, the United States needs assurances that Afghan leaders preside over a stable government that is seen as legitimate in the eyes of its citizens, top Democratic officials said…
I’m a little slow to this one, but inasmuch as it hasn’t gotten much coverage, it’s worth a little catch-up: The Justice Department is investigating a group of lawyers working for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for taking pictures of covert CIA agents at Guantanamo Bay and handing them over to known al Qaida…
Charles Krauthammer on Obama’s French Lesson: Sarkozy could not conceal his astonishment at Obama’s naivete Jennifer Rubin on Selling Our Souls Andy McCarthy on If you don’t get Islamic ideology, you don’t get the problem in Afghanistan; follow the links, too Richard Cohen on Does Obama Have the Backbone? Milton Friedman on Greed Steven Hayward…
Mark Bowden characterizes recent counterinsurgency methods not as “nation building” so much as a strategy in war: Counter-insurgency doctrine is as warm and fuzzy as war can get. It embraces distinctly liberal, humanistic values like protecting civilians, cultural sensitivity and rigid adherence to ethical standards and the law. It is geared toward partnership, not dominance,…
