Obama’s bipolar approach to terrorism
So much for “not spiking the football.” Though President Obama used that analogy to compare mildly excessive football celebrations with his refusal to release photos of a dead Osama bin Laden, the impeccably timed v
Continue readingHolder still meddling in military commissions
With the next round of Guantanamo military commission pretrial hearings for alleged USS Cole bombing ringleader Abd Al Rahim al-Nashiri scheduled through Friday, now is a good time to ask why Attorney General Eric H
Continue reading9/11 suspects on hunger strike at Gitmo — Oh the Humanity!
“Oh, the Humanity!” So went the famous phrase shouted by Chicago’s WLS Radio announcer Herb Morrison as he witnessed the Hindenburg crash and burn in Lakehurst, N.J. on May 6, 1937. Though the death of three-doz
Continue readingNew Guantanamo soccer field shows Obama’s priorities in action
With up to $1 trillion in defense spending cuts planned over the next decade, the Obama administration has curiously managed to spend $750,000 in taxpayer funds on a year-long construction project for a detainee soccer f
Continue readingOn Gitmo’s Tenth Anniversary, Obama Should at Least Thank the Troops
Exactly four months after a ruthless gang of Islamic extremists crashed hijacked airliners into the Twin Towers, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, several dozen of their brothers-in-arms captured in Afghanistan and
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