Military Commissions Act of 2006

By Marjorie Cohn Two days after his inauguration, President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo within one year. The Republicans, led by Senators John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Pat Roberts, immediately launched a concerted campaign to assail the new president. They claimed his plan would release dangerous terrorists into U.S. communities and allow released terrorists to resume fighting against our troops. Fox News agitator Sean Hannity and Bush team players like torture-memo lawyer John Yoo filled the airwaves and print media with paranoia. The Republican attacks were bogus. A 2008 McClatchy investigation revealed that the overwhelming majority of Guantánamo detainees taken into custody in 2001 ... Read Full Story

Obama endorses military commissions for Guantánamo detainees Obama signed the Military Commissions Act of 2009 Wednesday. Critics say it is an improvement over past efforts but still offers only second-class justice to Guantánamo detainees. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor – Posted at csm.com from the October 28, 2009 edition Print this Buzz up! Email and share Republish E-mail newsletters RSS In signing the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, President Obama has personally endorsed yet another attempt by the US government to conduct military-commission trials of terror suspects currently held at the Guantánamo detention camp. Similar efforts have ... Read Full Story

Obama endorses military commissions for Guantánamo detainees Obama signed the Military Commissions Act of 2009 Wednesday. Critics say it is an improvement over past efforts but still offers only second-class justice to Guantánamo detainees. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor – Posted at csm.com from the October 28, 2009 edition Print this Buzz up! Email and share Republish E-mail newsletters RSS In signing the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, President Obama has personally endorsed yet another attempt by the US government to conduct military-commission trials of terror suspects currently held at the Guantánamo detention camp. Similar efforts have ... Read Full Story

The usual suspects are at it again - aided and abetted by the media, of course: To Favor Due Process Is to Favor Terrorists' Rights by Glenn Greenwald The Associated Press has an article today discussing the closing of Guantanamo and what type of proceedings should be established for the remaining detainees to determine their guilt or innocence. This was the headline AP chose, one that, as is typically the case, was then repeated in newspapers and on news websites around the country : The same manipulative, Orwellian slogan adopted today by AP -- "terrorists' rights" -- is what Bush followers have used for ... Read Full Story

This is what happens when military jingoism become so prevalent that generals are worshiped and admired beyond what seems to be healthy for any democracy: said generals and their officers begin to think that they know better on how to run policy, something that is the purview of civilian authorities. I wrote about this a couple of times (see here and here , as examples). After (the incompetent and eager to delegate) Bush , McCain ( et al .) and the MSM enabled - if not encouraged - the near beatification of General Petraeus, culminating with the latter being honored to toss the coin ... Read Full Story