Author: BooMan

Detainee Debate on C-SPAN2

There will be three hours of debate. One hour will involve an amendment to the bill by Carl Levin. He is discussing it now. There will be an hour on an amendment on habeas corpus sponsored by Specter-Leahy-Dodd. And an hour to...

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Action: Call Your Reps, Oppose Torture

Find your Senator and Congressperson and give them a call. I don’t care if your Senator is Rick Santorum, Trent Lott, or Christopher Dodd. Call them. Tell them that you fervently expect them to oppose the detainee bill...

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Bush and the Intelligence Community

I have always had a love/hate realtionship with our intelligence agencies. I’ve always been fascinated with the lore of the CIA and the spying industry, while simultaneously being disgusted at many of the things they have...

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Jimmy Carter Speech on Human Rights (1977)

Torture and illegal domestic warrantless surveillance are UNAMERICAN. HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOREIGN POLICY (1977) Jimmy Carter Few presidents in modern times have been as devoted to the goal that American foreign policy should...

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