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• DoD Leaders Testify on Use of Military Force

  
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  Top Defense leaders testified before Congress that combatant commanders have great confidence in the current authorization for use of military force. Read More
  5 days ago

• Transcript: Q&A with Sen. Ted Cruz on drones & targeted killing – Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on April 23, 2013

  
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  Partial transcript of Q&A with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the “Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counter-Terrorism Implications of Targeted Killing”. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution,...
  2 weeks ago

• Who Will Save the Guantanamo 92?

  
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  In today’s White House press conference, CBS News Bill Plante raised the questions with President Barack Obama about the growing hunger strike among prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. “Is it any surprise, really,” asked Plante, “that they would prefer death rather than have no end in sight to their confinement?" ...
  3 weeks ago

• Enemy Combatants? Boston Bombers and Due Process Under the Law

  
  The Legal Blog of Darwin Overson — Authority: 118
  Our civil rights are what separate us from totalitarian nations that seek to control every aspect of their citizens’ daily lives, from what they can say to what god they worship. The horrific events in Boston this month have many crying out for swift justice, and rightfully so. Many television anchors believe ...
  3 weeks ago

• The USMC Kicks The Army’s Ass Again

  
  Op For — Authority: 137
  While the Army dithers and tries to come up with a way to form contingency forces for the Combatant Commands, the USMC has figured out a way to station a couple of Osprey’s, some C130s, and about Battalion (-) (JPP will set me straight) of Marine Riflemen in Rota Spain to support AFRICACOM.  Granted the Army ...
  3 weeks ago

• ENEMY COMBATANT?

  
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  Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham (Benghazi! Benghazi!) is up for reelection in South Carolina next year, and there are rumors that the Tea Party may support a candidate to challenge him forcing him into a Republican Party primary run-off.  Thus Graham may think he has to prove his manly-man creds with combative ...
  4 weeks ago

• Chicago gangs – Should they be treated as terrorists?

  
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  by Charles Mombo Chicago gangs – Should they be treated as terrorists? With so much violence and few questions answeredChicago can only wish for a day without gang-related shooting. Although Chicago is one of the cities with the toughest gun laws in the nation, it appears to clamp down only on responsible ...
  4 weeks ago

• GOP lawmakers demand Boston bombing suspect be designated an “enemy combatant”

  
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  Several prominent GOP lawmakers have called for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, to be designated an “enemy combatant”, implying that the law of war...
  4 weeks ago

• Transcript: Sen. John McCain’s floor speech on the Obama administration’s handling of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

  
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  Transcript of remarks by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on the Obama administration’s handling of Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, on April 23, 2013: There has been some...
  4 weeks ago

• Statement by Senators Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Kelly Ayotte & Rep. Peter King calling for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be held as an enemy combatant

  
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  Statement issued by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Congressman Peter King (R-N.Y.) calling for Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to...
  4 weeks ago

• Transcript: Sen. Lindsey Graham on why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be held as an enemy combatant

  
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  Partial transcript of remarks by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on why Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be held as an enemy combatant during an appearance on...
  4 weeks ago

• Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Receive Full Constitutional Rights?

  
  Pirate's Cove — Authority: 702
  There’s been a debate since Tsarnaev’s capture as to whether he should be offered a Miranda Warning and whether he should be declared an “enemy combatant”. Essentially, should be be given the full due process and protections offered under the law and the Constitution? Two of the biggest cheerleaders for ...
  4 weeks ago

• Is attacking America the same as attacking a specific American?

  
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  Seriously, for example, is there a difference between stealing someones credit card to charge some stuff and pawn it versus stealing a CIA agents credentials to access sensitive national security information and passing it along to enemies of the United States? One is theft. The other is espionage and most likely ...
  4 weeks ago

• Erin Burnett Wants a Different Kind of Terrorism Suspect

  
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  CNN host Erin Burnett wonders whether its time to come up with some new laws in the wake of the Boston bombing, since the old ones seem to give Dzhokhar Tsarnaev too many rights.
  4 weeks ago

• Eric Rudolph and the rights of American terrorists

  
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  The attorney general of the United States branded him a "terrorist," and with good reason. His bombings killed two people and wounded over 150 others. "Radicalized" as a child, his acts of terror were motivated by his extremist religious ideology. Armed and dangerous, he eluded a massive federal manhunt, likely with ...
  4 weeks ago

• Reflections on Boston

  
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  (Photo Credit: Dominic Chavez/EPA/Landov). My cousin lives in Boston and I was worried that he was somehow affected by the attacks. It immediately brought me back to 9/11 and the memory of how powerless I felt watching the Twin Towers fall. Luckily, my cousin was fine. But it wasn’t true for others. The grief ...
  4 weeks ago

• Obama Wimps Out – Terror Suspect Read Miranda Rights

  
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  As the Boston bombing investigation continues, the White House announced yesterday that terror suspect Dvhokhar Tsarnaev was read his Miranda Rights while in hospital. The Justice Department has decided to treat the case as a normal criminal offense. Initial charges include the use of a weapon of mass destruction, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Greg Ball, the Putnam County Torturer

  
  Artvoice Daily — Authority: 149
  It isn’t every day that an elected official openly and proudly advocates violating state, federal, military, and international law. In this case, it started with a Tweet, but the state Senator has since doubled down on the sentiment, appearing on all kinds of TV programs to advocate in favor of blatant criminality. ...
  4 weeks ago

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