And so it continues... the heroic Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld of the Army Reserve [seventh GTMO prosecutor to resign!] submitted an affidavit in federal court challenging proceedings against GTMO detainee Mohammed Jawad, in which Vandeveld asserts that the evidence against GTMO kangaroo court military commission defendants is in a state of complete chaos. Videotapes of confessions are missing, written confessions for illiterate men are written in languages the men don't speak (let alone read!), and of course, many of the statements were made under coercion, or outright torture, often at the hands of the Afghans or others who turned them over.
Videotapes of confessions are missing, written confessions for illiterate men are written in languages the men don't speak (let alone read!), and of course, many of the statements were made under coercion, or outright torture, often at the hands of the Afghans or others who turned them over.
Who's going to be Obama's Attorney General, again? Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
'Course, Cass Sunstein, newlywed of Samantha Power (AWOL foreign policy expert) could "make a difference." Mr Obama nominated his close personal friend head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
"This office is in charge of coordinating and overseeing government regulations," a transition official said Wednesday, "and a smarter approach to regulation is key to making government work better and getting better results in terms of protecting health, the environment, etc."
Beltway scuttlebut is that the post is a warmer for SCOTUS appointment. If you're interested, believe it or not, there's an artful article, sketching Sunsteins politics here. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
