Res Judicata: Where Are the Civil Libertarians?

During the 2008 campaign one of Barack Obama‘s major themes was attacking the Bush anti-terror policies: warrantless snooping by the N.S.A., renditions, targeted assassinations, Guantanamo Bay detentions, enhanced interrogation techniques, military tribunals, as unconstitutional.  He promised to …

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Written by Howard Foster on Monday December 26, 2011

The Gitmo Debate's Biggest Loser

Obama's received flack for his Guantanamo flip-flop. But the biggest loser may be Attorney General Holder who pushed hardest to try KSM in New York. U.S. President Barack Obama is being sniped at for his apparent flip-flop in now okaying military tribunals in Guantanamo instead of civilian trials …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday April 7, 2011

Obama Retreats on Gitmo

After sober reflection, President Obama has reluctantly come to the right conclusion that the ideal place to keep suspect terrorists is Gitmo. In the natural order of things, U.S. President Obama should perhaps consider apologizing to his predecessor, George Bush the Younger. Except he …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Obama’s Guantanamo About-Face

President Obama's promise to close Guantanamo may be a casualty of the "Arab spring." Hypothesis: President Obama's promise to close Guantanamo is a casualty of the "Arab spring." As Eli Lake notes in a characteristically in-depth report here , the Obama administration has transferred about 67 …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Holder Will Be Held Accountable

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is not some Bond villain, an errant super-criminal finally put behind bars. He led an organized network of foreigners abroad who were at war with us long before KSM's actions pushed us into war with them. For those foreign terrorists, as opposed to their home-grown financier…

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Written by Richard Klingler on Thursday November 19, 2009