Obama / Bush: Not quite the same on the GWOT.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  February 23rd at 10:30 AM  | 

I can’t quite agree with this passage: John Ashcroft, who was Attorney General when Marri was designated an enemy combatant, makes no such apologies. Interviewed just before the Inauguration, he defended what he described as a “sound decision” to “maximize the national interest,” and predicted that, in the end, President Obama’s approach to handling terror suspects would closely mirror his own: “How will he be | Read More »

Department of Justice: Bagram detainees lack constitutional rights.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  February 21st at 10:14 PM  | 

Dear hardcore antiwar movement: Please take this opportunity to writhe in impotent agony as your man-god twists the knife in your entrails. Love, The neoconservative movement. PS: We won. You lost. Again. PPS: We’ll be sleeping like babies tonight, by the way. It’s one of the perks of being the good guys. PPPS: Now go back to work! President Obama requires your labor and money | Read More »