Dick Still Complaining that His Beloved Firewall Didn't Get Pardoned
Boy, let's hope this continues: Dick bitching about Bush's refusal to pardon Libby. Maybe--just maybe--these two will finally start taking each other out.
Whitehouse: We Have to Look Back
Sheldon Whitehouse argues that we must look foward, but we also have a duty to look backwards to understand what happened, as well.
Emptywheel to Senator Whitehouse: We Only Have 7 Weeks to Indict Bush
I reminded Sheldon Whitehouse yesterday that the clock is ticking on Bush's illegal wiretapping of American citizens. Hopefully, the reminder will spark Senate Dems to counter Bush's efforts to run out the clock on their actions.
Russell Tice Confirms Everything We've Surmised About Bush's Illegal Wiretap Program
Some thoughts on Russell Tice's explosive revelations.
Obama Gitmo Draft Executive Order Working Thread
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bmazAs I indicated in comments, I have a copy of the supposed final draft of Obama's Executive order on Guantanamo. Perhaps I will append the main post later, but i want to get it up now. Especially since William Ockham reports that the ACLU has beat me to the punch. That is what I get for actually driving home and opening a bottle of wine for my wife I guess. Go figure.
Carl Levin on Torture Investigation
Carl Levin speaks about the SASC torture investigation.
President Obama's New Presidential Records Order
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bmazHere it is, President Obama's new Presidential Records Order!
More Comments from Reid, Progressive Media Summit
We have to look back. We are increasing the funding for investigations, we're even considering having a select committee to go back and look at these things.
Reid on Lieberman
Without prompting, Reid offered this explanation on Lieberman at the Progressive Media Summit:
What were we going to do with Joe Lieberman? I know how to count votes. That's been my occupation since 1998. One vote in the Senate means a lot. I was upset with some of the things he said in the campaign.
Obama Drafts Order To Close Gitmo; Suspends Habeas Cases In DC Circuit
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bmazPresident Obama has drafted an order to close Gitmo and has moved to suspend tribunal proceedings at Gitmo, and the military panels have started entering the orders. As further evidence of the determination to immediately address, and bring a new sense of enlightened justice to, the detainees in Guantanamo, the Administration has imposed analogous continuance motions in pending Habeas cases in United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Bush Opts for Continued Protection Over Payback
In a thoroughly unsurprising move, Bush chose to make sure that Libby will continue to shield his own role in the CIA leak case rather than pay Libby back for taking the fall for Bush and Cheney.
President Obama Officially Halts GITMO Show Trials
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bmazHours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases....The request would halt proceedings in 21 pending cases, including the death penalty case against five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 hijacked plane attacks in 2001.
Colin Powell Tees Off A Parting Shot At Bush & Cheney
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bmazInauguration Day was not kind to the Bush/Cheney cabal (nor should it have been for that matter). In many ways and forms, the outgoing cabal literally got pounded, but few cuts were as unkind as those delivered by Colin Powell.
Marty Lederman Takes over John Yoo's Former Position
Marty Lederman will take over the position that John Yoo used to have. And things have changed.
"A Much Better Party Than a Republican Party"
Things are going so well in Washington DC that even the Republicans are admitting we're better than they are.
Thank You Howard Dean, for Showing Us the Way!
Howard Dean has time to get his picture taken for the front page of FDL. Me, I've got a bit of time to bitch about how Rahm treated Dean.
The Bad Side of the Crowds
Lots of people out there--and it's not pretty.
Today IS The Day!
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bmazToday is the day. Now is the time. Change is in the air. Marcy is on the ground, we will update as she checks in. Consider this an open thread for anything you have to say. Spill your thoughts, emotions and hopes. Post any breaking news you see that I, and all of of us, might need to know. Change is here!
Coach Bush is 3-23 In Real Courts On Gitmo Show Trials; Katyal, The Hero Of Hamdan, To Join Obama Administration
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bmazThere is an interesting article published in today's New York Times, and the upshot is that 3 wins and 23 losses is exactly what the Bush/Cheney regime's record is when their Guantanamo Detainee cases see the light of a court in habeas cases. And in most excellent news, Neal Katyal will be Obama's Deputy Solicitor General.
Obama, The Crawford Torture Admission & The Army Field Manual Lie
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bmazIn an earlier post I discussed the startling direct admission that the United States tortures terror detainees made public in yesterday's blockbuster Bob Woodward piece in the Washington Post. As the Bush Administration's hand picked convening authority for the military tribunals otherwise known as the "Gitmo Show Trials", Susan Crawford's admission carries the binding mark of credibility. It also puts the lie to the notion adopted by Obama and many others that reliance on the Army Field Manual is a panacea for reforming the torture regime the United States has enshrined.
