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Cheney in Exile

March 9, 2010 – 2:06 am

Despite his numerous heart problems, despite the continued attacks on his tenure, and despite his politically divisive nature, it appears that Dick Cheney is going to have a significant role to play in shaping the Republican Party of the future.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Blogs, Features, The Whip | Also tagged 2012, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Liz Cheney | Comments

Of Epic Fails And The KSM Trial

March 5, 2010 – 12:01 am

The mother of all walk-backs:

President Obama’s advisers are nearing a recommendation that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, be prosecuted in a military tribunal, administration officials said, a step that would reverse Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s plan to try him in civilian court in New York City.

The president’s advisers feel increasingly hemmed in by bipartisan opposition to a federal trial in New York and demands, mainly from Republicans, that Mohammed and his accused co-conspirators remain under military jurisdiction, officials said. While Obama has favored trying some alleged terrorists in civilian courts as a symbol of U.S. commitment to the rule of law, critics have said military tribunals are the appropriate venue for those accused of attacking the United States.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Law, Military Trials, Obama Administration, Terrorism, Terrorists | Comments

My Pledge To You

February 16, 2010 – 9:57 am

I promise to be delighted whenever senior members of the Taliban and/or al Qaeda are captured or killed, and not to make the kind of derisive jokes about how “we always seem to be catching or killing the number 2 guy” that were made back when the Bush Administration captured or killed senior members of the Taliban and/or al Qaeda.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Abdul Ghani Baradar, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Taliban, War, War on Terror | Comments

Tag Archives: National Security

Cheney in Exile

Of Epic Fails And The KSM Trial

Head Games

My Pledge To You

Quote Of The Day

Once Upon A Time, Dissent Was Considered The Highest Form Of Patriotism . . .

Dear Andrew Sullivan

Who Saw THIS Coming?

And Good For Him Too

On Admiral Mike Mullen

Remember When Democrats Were A PRO-Trade Party?

Thank Heaven For Outsourcing

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