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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:56 AM Original message |
Friday Night News Dump: FORGET HABEAS CORPUS at Bagram |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is a travesty. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm glad Rachel included that clip of Obama on the campaign trail talking about... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. And his stance on restoring habeas corpus gave me lots of hope. |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Something is hitting his soul on |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. All the good things Obama has done will mean nothing if |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's really crazy - on the one hand, great changes; on the other, same ol' creepy stuff. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What 'great changes'? Just curious because I still see the same |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I've worked on behalf of the environment for over thirty years - big changes in policy there... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I agree with you. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. Does habeas corpus no longer matter, now that Obama has dropped it?? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. Remember this guy??? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. Barack Obama told me he would reinstate Habeas Corpus... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. imo it's disturbing that this news was dumped on a Friday night, when few are... |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. But They'll Still Get Those Swell "Former Enemy Combatant" T-Shirts |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. But WHY?? I just don't get his change in tune. |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Because to him it is just a "tune." |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "Mighty Insider Wurlitzer" - I've always found that sound a little scary... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. Obama and habeas corpus -- then and now - Glen Greenwald |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And this sentence really jumps out for me: |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. He's right IMO... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. According to Isikoff, "a key test" will come this Thursday... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yes, here is the ACLU statement.... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. More in this new post from Greenwald... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Thanks! I'm crossing my fingers that the president will do the right thing... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. YW, a sad sentence indeed. n/t |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. shhhh...not so loud |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Lol - if Rachel didn't go over all the Friday night dumps, I would have missed it... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. I don't like Obama's defense of Bush admin policies regard HC but I'm willing to give him the... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. During the campaign, Obama had no doubt about habeas rights... |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Let's see how this plays out |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. We'll get some helpful news this Thursday (see post #15). |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
32. Totally unacceptable. |
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