The Nürnberg defence

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Arne

A while back, the administration and the U.S. military announced that six ‘high-level’ detainees at Guantánamo Bay would be brought to trial under military commissions (authorized by the execrable Military Commissions Act of 2006 [MCA]).  They even had the chutzpah to claim that the defendants would be afforded “an extraordinary set of rights”, better than [...]

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My former senator has now officially deserted me….

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Arne

Sen. Joe Lieberman (”CT for meeeee” Party-CT) has admitted the obvious:
“I am not going to attend the Democratic Convention for obvious reasons,” Lieberman said.
“Suh-prahhhz, suh-prahhhz”.
I never did like him anyway.  I thought that Lowell Weicker had far more principle and integrity in his little finger than Lieberman had in his entire body.  Which, I guess, [...]

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