Antiterrorism Bill on Detainees, Geneva Conventions - Rushing Off a Cliff - New York Times
So these are the aspects of the bill that the Republicans claim are “essential to the President’s war on Terror.” Anyone care to place bets on which will be the clincher that makes the SCotUS toss this bill as unconstitutional? [...]
Iraqi Journalists Add Laws to List of Dangers - New York Times
Boy, it’s a good thing we’re promoting democracy in Iraq! I’d hate to think what things would be like over there if we weren’t encouraging little things like freedom of the press.
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But these days, men with guns are not Iraqi reporters’ only threat. [...]
here’s the thing
here’s why I’m drunk on tequila
it’s not that Reid couldn’t get 41 votes together to mount a legitimate filibuster against S.3930
(although that’s sad in and of itself)
it’s that the idea of “coercive interrogation” or “extraordinary rendition”or whatever else you want to call “beating people until they tell you what you want to hear,” [...]