TagsTagsAn excellent piece at Commentary by Arthur Herman on the history and purpose of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and the unceasing distortions and falsehoods promoted by far-left groups: The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard. The standard argument is that the public shift in attitude toward Gitmo was gradual, ...
Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Military Tribunals, Torture, Barack Obama
Wow. Ninety to six. The honeymoon is over for Barack Obama and Congress: Senate votes to block funds for Guantanamo closure. WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major rebuke to President Barack Obama, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to block the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States and ...
Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Military Tribunals, Barack Obama, Congress
Another flip-flop from the Obama administration, and another case where we have to give him a thumbs-up for doing the right thing even though you can already hear the shrieking from the left: Obama revives tribunals for Gitmo detainees. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is restarting military ...
President Bush, in a major speech delineating many previously unrevealed successes in the war against radical Islam, announced that more than a dozen of the top Al Qaeda plotters currently in custody will be placed on trial for war crimes, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaidah. He called on ...
Bush, Terrorism, Guantanamo Bay, Gitmo, Military Tribunals, Geneva Conventions