http://samefacts.com/archives/terrorism_and_its_control_/
/2009/07/show_trials_not_so_much.php

When Glenn Greenwald and Pejman Yousefzadeh agree on something, it's a safe bet that (1) they're both wrong and (2) they're both blinded by their insensate loathing of Barack Obama.

[...]

Yousefzadeh is at least pursuing a comprehensible partisan and factional program: he can't stand liberals or Democrats, and he's doing his dishonest best to tear down a liberal Democratic President.

Greenwald, on the other hand, seems to be addicted to hating Presidents.

He really loved hating Bush, did his best to defeat Obama so he could have McCain to hate, and now seems to feel that his live would be over if he admitted that the President with the most progressive agenda since the Great Society was anything but consummately hateful.

- - Mark Kleiman

__________

Suck on that, you soulless haters and mindless greenwaldbots!

why don't we all blame them -

They can take it - and poor Sinnard could finally relax!

"How do we go about forcing the horse to drink? Or do we force the horse to drink and if not what are the consequences"?

I had horse and I never could force it to drink - and the consequences - it really loved me for it!

Does he get to talk back?

No, he's dead. Just like all the Afghans dieing for your undefined promise.

I had horse and I never could force it to drink - and the consequences - it really loved me for it!

I proudly confess I have never had horse.

He really loved hating Bush, did his best to defeat Obama so he could have McCain to hate...

Wait a minute. He's mixing up Glenn and Adnoto!?!

But only to attack the far enemies targets abroad. They would never have attacked American civilians in America. Americans were never their target. Only the American government that put troops on Islamic soil and propped up corrupt regimes

You perhaps forget the first World Trade Center bombing, February 26, 1993. Presumably there is little doubt who did it? That was an attack on American civilians in America.

And see Osama bin Laden's fatwa of Feb 23, 1998, which among other things said:

"The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilian and military— is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it...."

Al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's chief ideologue, as quoted in Marc Sageman, "Understanding Terror Networks":

The masters in Washington and Tel Aviv are using the regimes to protect their interest and fight the battle against Muslims on their behalf. If the shrapnel from the battle reach their homes and their bodies, they will trade accusations with their agents about who is responsible for this. In that case, they will face one of two bitter choices: Either personally wage the battle against the Muslims, which means that the battle will turn into clear-cut jihad against infidels, or they reconsider their plans after acknowledging the brute and violent confrontation against Muslims. Therefore, we must move the battle to the enemy's grounds to burn the hands of those who ignite fire in our countries (al-Zawahiri, 2001: part 11)

http://feingold.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=315641

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the Inspectors General Report on President Bush's Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Friday, July 10, 2009

“This valuable report highlights just how outrageous and damaging the illegal warrantless wiretapping program really was. Although more information can and should be declassified, the unclassified version of the report underscores the dangers of operating a hidden, illegal program for years. It documents the internal conflicts and chaos surrounding the purported legal authorizations, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s highly misleading congressional testimony. Notably, the report calls into serious question the repeated assertions from Bush Administration officials, especially during debate over the so-called Protect America Act and the FISA Amendments Act, that stopping the program would have had catastrophic results.

“This report leaves no doubt that the warrantless wiretapping program was blatantly illegal and an unconstitutional assertion of executive power. I once again call on the Obama administration and its Justice Department to withdraw the flawed legal memoranda that justified the program and that remain in effect today.”

- - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, Friday, July 10, 2009

__________

I sampled Kleiman's writing when I still visited the Huffington Post. I wasn't impressed.

He's a conventional mediocrity-- as California professors go, an uninspired and superficial thinker on a par with John Yoo.

Hey, do you think he might be WinSmith?

From Bernbart's beloved newspaper of record:

U.S. Said to Have Averted Inquiry Into ’01 Afghan Killings

WASHINGTON — After a mass killing of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war by the forces of an American-backed warlord during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, Bush administration officials repeatedly discouraged efforts to investigate the episode, according to government officials and human rights organizations.

American officials had been reluctant to pursue an investigation — sought by officials from the F.B.I., the State Department, the Red Cross and human rights groups — because the warlord, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, was on the payroll of the C.I.A. and his militia worked closely with United States Special Forces in 2001, several officials said. They said the United States also worried about undermining the American-supported government of President Hamid Karzai, in which General Dostum had served as a defense official.

~~~~~~~~

Psssst...the CIA? No. Say it ain't so!

You know, I think I own GW Bush an apology-- and not just for referring to him as "President Unitard" for all those years.

I didn't understand at the time, but now I see that he was just as dedicated as the present incumbent to Moving Forward®.

If only Bush had been less of a Decider, and more of a Communicator!

I would refer to that as not having an "entitlement" to be ignorant, rather than not having that right.

And I agree with you.

1. The "Homeland Security" Appropriations Bill for the next fiscal year passed the Senate yesterday [84-6]. Before it passed, co-manager Democrat Patty Murray of Washington privately asked for and received unanimous consent to include in the "managers' package" of amendments to the bill, the following legislation:

AMENDMENT NO. 1456

(Purpose: To provide that certain photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in operations outside the United States shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to explicitly state such required citations, and for other purposes)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __X. DETAINEE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS PROTECTION AND OPEN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

(a) Detainee Photographic Records Protection.--

(1) SHORT TITLE.--This subsection may be cited as the "Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009''.

(2) DEFINITIONS.--In this subsection:

(A) COVERED RECORD.--The term "covered record" means any record--

(i) that is a photograph that--

(I) was taken during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, through January 22, 2009; and

(II) relates to the treatment of individuals engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in operations outside of the United States; and

(ii) for which a certification by the Secretary of Defense under paragraph (3) is in effect.

(B) PHOTOGRAPH.--The term "photograph" encompasses all photographic images, whether originals or copies, including still photographs, negatives, digital images, films, video tapes, and motion pictures.

(B) PHOTOGRAPH.--The term "photograph" encompasses all photographic images, whether originals or copies, including still photographs, negatives, digital images, films, video tapes, and motion pictures.

(3) CERTIFICATION.--

(A) IN GENERAL.--For any photograph described under paragraph (2)(A)(i), the Secretary of Defense shall issue a certification, if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, determines that the disclosure of that photograph would endanger --

(i) citizens of the United States; or

(ii) members of the Armed Forces or employees of the United States Government deployed outside the United States.

(B) CERTIFICATION EXPIRATION.--A certification under subparagraph (A) and a renewal of a certification under subparagraph (C) shall expire 3 years after the date on which the certification or renewal, as the case may be, is made.

(C) CERTIFICATION RENEWAL.--The Secretary of Defense may issue--

(i) a renewal of a certification in accordance with subparagraph (A) at any time; and

(ii) more than 1 renewal of a certification.

(D) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.--A timely notice of the Secretary's certification shall be submitted to Congress.

(4) NONDISCLOSURE OF DETAINEE RECORDS.--A covered record shall not be subject to--

(A) disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act); or

(B) disclosure under any proceeding under that section.

(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude the voluntary disclosure of a covered record.

(6) EFFECTIVE DATE.--This subsection shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply to any photograph created before, on, or after that date that is a covered record.

(b) Open Freedom of Information Act.-- [etc., (i.e., with the Leahy/Cornyn bill tacked on)]

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2009_record&page=S7303&position=all

The Graham/Lieberman photo suppression bill, in other words - which was already a Senate-passed standalone bill. Yet, without a voice or rollcall vote, every single Senator also okayed this unanimous consent amendment to a "must-pass" bill forwarded by the House, which is now awaiting its secret, undemocratic conferencing session between Senate and House (meaning White House, given our unConstitutional Congress-as-Parliament):

Mrs. MURRAY. [...] So, Mr. President, I send to the desk a managers' package, and I ask unanimous consent that the amendments be considered, and modified, as indicated, where indicated, and agreed to en bloc; and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc; that the consideration of these amendments appear separately in the Record, and any statements relating to their consideration be printed in the Record.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Without objection, it is so ordered.

The amendments were agreed to...

2. Next up on the Senate agenda? Why, "preventive detention" via Carl Levin's New and Improved Military Commissions, of course:

Mr. REID. Mr. President...[snip]. We set out this week to accomplish a few things, and with the cooperation of the Members, we have been able to do it. We don't have to vote tomorrow [Friday]; we don't have to vote over the weekend. Our first vote next week will be at 5:30 p.m. on the nomination of the Census Director, Mr. Groves. That is on cloture with Mr. Groves.

We are coming in at 10 a.m. tomorrow, but there will be no votes. Monday, we will be in at 11 a.m. Senators Levin and McCain will begin managing the Defense Authorization bill, and we appreciate being able to start that. [i.e., not one Senator objected to immediately moving forward with Carl Levin's New Military Commissions language, despite the concerns expressed by witnesses at Levin's just-for-show public hearing on Tuesday.] There are a lot of very big, important amendments on that bill.

Next week is the only disjointed week of this work period. As I indicated earlier, we will have no votes after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and Friday has been long announced as a no-vote day, which means the following 3 weeks are going to be very grueling, and everyone should understand that.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2009_record&page=S7311&position=all