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Who gets to define torture?

Posted by Moonage on 31 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Idiot of the day, National Security, Political Correctness

There’s a lot being said over waterboarding.  Michael Mukasey’s nomination is said to be “drowning” over this one single issue.  Joe Biden and Patrick Leahy, who are prone to oppose just about anything for the sake of politics, are “concerned” that Mukasey, rather than completely cowering and denouncing PC-torture-procedure-of-the-day, stated he’d rather look at each [...]

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Alberto Gonzales resigning

Posted by Moonage on 27 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Politics

Alberto Gonzales was one of the architects of The Patriot Act.  He was also the legal mastermind in keeping it afloat.  He did this initially more or less discretely.  However, in November 2004 Bush nominated him to be the next Attorney General.  That’s when his work with The Patriot Act came front and center.  And, [...]

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