From BBC News A court in the US has been asked to ban the practice of force-feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The case is being brought on behalf of Mohammed Bawazir, a Yemeni who has been held there since 2002. The action is the first test for a new law explicitly outlawing torture of […]
When your defense is one that is weak then the transparency of that defense becomes nonexistent. This is shown in great detail during today’s hearings when this little exchange occurred: BIDEN: Thank you very much. General, how has this revelation damaged the program? I’m almost confused by it but, I mean, it seems to presuppose […]
Now that Brownie is totally out of FEMA, it appears that the investigation into the Katrina Response might be heating up. Rep. Tom Davis who is chairing the panel has threatened to issue subpoenas if the White House and other agencies do not supply documents to the committee by Nov. 18. The original request for […]
A new poll by Survey USA shows that most people believe that Libby was told to lie during his testimony. The question and results are as follows: Based on what you know now, which of the following statements about Lewis “Scooter” Libby do you think is true? Lied because he was told to 34% Lied […]
Keeping with talking about Delay (after all he is so much fun to talk about), here is an interesting little piece of news fromPolitical Money Line: Rep. Tom DeLay filed a report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives indicating he received free travel valued at $13,998.55 from Fox News Sunday for “officially connected […]
It has been over two years since the now infamous New York Times article by Robert Novak appeared, which identified Joe Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, as a CIA operative. Throughout these two years numerous questions have been asked and very few answered, however that will all change in the next week or so. The grand […]
We continue to hear stories of torture from Guantanimo Bay. The administration continues to denounce the claims. They do admit to some “extreme†interrogation tactics that result in good intelligence however. The big question is; If the intelligence is so good then why must we “rig†the trials? Leaked emails from two former military prosecutors […]