Viewpoints
 | How Many Muslims Has the US Killed in the Past 30 Years? by Stephen M. Walt |
| The US Govt Is Taking Us Down by Jacob G. Hornberger |
| Obama Isn't Listening to Voices of Reason on Afghanistan by John Nichols |
| Psychological Warfare by Ximena Ortiz |
| Go With the Savvy Investors by J. Victor Marshall |
| The Hollow Politics of Escalation by Norman Solomon |
WHICH 'safe haven,' Mr. Obama? from antiwar.com
The Case Against Military Tribunals
By Andrew P. Napolitano
…the public discourse has lost sight of the fundamental principles that guide the government when it makes such decisions. Unfortunately, the government has lost sight of the principles as well.
…the public discourse has lost sight of the fundamental principles that guide the government when it makes such decisions. Unfortunately, the government has lost sight of the principles as well.
…When President George W. Bush spoke to Congress shortly after 9/11, he did not ask for a declaration of war. Instead, Republican leaders offered and Congress enacted an Authorization for the Use of Military Force. The authorization was open-ended as to its targets and its conclusion, and basically told the president and his successors that they could pursue whomever they wanted, wherever their pursuits took them, so long as they believed that the people they pursued had engaged in acts of terrorism against the United States
…Since 9/11, American agents have captured and seized nearly 800 people from all over the globe in connection with the attacks, and now five have been charged with planning them.
…The casual use of the word "war" has lead to a mentality among the public and even in the government that the rules of war could apply to those held at Guantanamo
…The last time the government used a military tribunal in this country to try foreigners who violated the rules of war involved Nazi saboteurs during World War II.
…The recent decision to try some of the Guantanamo detainees in federal District Court and some in military courts in Cuba
…The framers of the Constitution feared letting the president alone decide with whom we are at war, and thus permitting him to trigger for his own purposes the military tools reserved for wartime. They also feared allowing the government to take life, liberty or property from any person without the intercession of a civilian jury to check the government's appetite and to compel transparency and fairness by forcing the government to prove its case to 12 ordinary citizens….Numerous Supreme Court cases have ruled that any person in conflict with the government can invoke due process -- be that person a citizen or an immigrant, someone born here, legally here, illegally here or whose suspect behavior did not even occur here. go to article
Viewpoints
Holbrooke: 'We're Not in Afghanistan to Build a Perfect Democracy'
- Who Will Protest Obama's War?
- Justin Raimondo sees an opening for libertarians
- Dumb and Dumber Wars
- Jeff Huber on dunces macabre
- Terror Lists Won't Save Us
- But they cost quite a lot, says Ivan Eland
- If Obama's a 'Pragmatist,' Then What Was Bush? by Nick Baumann
- Are Conservatives Coming Around on Civil Liberties? by Jacob Hornberger
- The American Cause by Daniel Larison
- Old Soldiers Never Cash Out New York Times
USA: War Tax / Black Sites / Landmines / War at Home
Daily News
Obama Quietly Backs PATRIOT Act Provisions
Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan
Obama Backs PATRIOT Act Provisions
William Fisher on the latest betrayal
Shooting the MessengerA startling report on journalists in the crosshairs
Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan
Obama Backs PATRIOT Act Provisions
William Fisher on the latest betrayal
Shooting the MessengerA startling report on journalists in the crosshairs
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Daily News
US to Copy Iraq Prison Strategy in Afghanistan
US Builds Up Its Bases in Oil-Rich South America The Democrats' War Tax
Justin Raimondo on tax-and-kill liberals
Out of Iraq, Into the Gulf
Nick Turse on the illusion of withdrawal
US, Pakistan at Odds Over Terror War
Struggling govt under pressure to escalate even more
Japan Reveals Secret US Nuke PactFormer govt repeatedly denied 1960 deal existed
US Builds Up Its Bases in Oil-Rich South America The Democrats' War TaxJustin Raimondo on tax-and-kill liberals
Out of Iraq, Into the Gulf
Nick Turse on the illusion of withdrawal
US, Pakistan at Odds Over Terror War
Struggling govt under pressure to escalate even more
Japan Reveals Secret US Nuke PactFormer govt repeatedly denied 1960 deal existed
'War on Terror'
| Lashkar Denies Link With Chicago Suspects |
| Lawyer: 9/11 Defendants Want Platform for Views |
| Ghailani Trial Is Key Test for Other Cases Involving Terror |
| Fort Hood Suspect Paralyzed From Chest Down, Lawyer Says |
| Shortage Slows a Program to Detect Nuclear Bombs |
| Thousands Demand Closure of Fort Benning's School of the America |
US Military
| As Deployment Nears, Nerves Fray |
| US Soldier Found Guilty of Abusing Subordinates in Iraq |
| Canada: Court Orders Refugee Board to Consider 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in US Army Deserter's Case |
| Specter: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Has Better Chance if Attached to Defense Bill |
| US May Add Money to Program for F-35 Jet |
| Fired Therapist: Stressed Marines Get Shoddy Care |
| Troubled VA Agency Will Get a New Chief |
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Gitmo
Guantánamo Detainees
| Algerian Is 31st Guantánamo Detainee Ordered Freed |
| Terror Trials Differ in Civilian, Military Courts |
| Germany to Send Trial Observer to NY |
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Highlights
Frontline
| UK: Public Inquiry Into Iraq's 'Battle of Danny Boy' Murder Claims | |
| Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan |
| Afghan Pullout Is 'Election Ploy' by Gordon Brown |
| Partisan Divide Widens as Obama Considers Afghanistan Policy |
| An Accused Plotter With Feet in East and West |
Viewpoints
Hey, I Know! Let's Put on a Show Trial!
by Arthur Silber
Obama's Extrajudicial Killers
by Nat Hentoff
Not Serious – This Time by Daniel
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