It Begins: Congressional Dems Trying To Criminalize Enhanced Interrogations – UPDATE

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  February 26th at 08:40 AM  | 

UPDATE: It was Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) who introduced the bill, not Rep. Sylvester Reyes (D-TX) as mentioned in the post. Read the rest of Ed Lasky’s piece to see how despicable the “Honorable” Mr. McDermott truly is. We’ll see how far this goes. Per Byron York, Congressional Democrats tried to slip in a manager’s amendment called the “Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Interrogations Prohibition Act | Read More »

Gitmo Trial to Proceed

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  January 29th at 08:49 PM  | 

Apparently, one of the military judges in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has denied the request by President Barack Obama to suspend tribunals there for 120 days. The judge, Colonel James Pohl, wasn’t persuaded by the administration’s arguments: “The Commission is unaware of how conducting an arraignment would preclude any option by the administration,” said Pohl in a written opinion, portions of which were read | Read More »