The war on terrorism is crooked, corrupt, and hypocritical
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger
06/09/10
The so-called war on terrorism will surely go down in U.S. history as one of the most ridiculous, inane, hypocritical, crooked, corrupt, and destructive federal programs ever. This week, federal officials have been proudly proclaiming the arrest of two New Jersey men as they were preparing to board a plane to Somalia...
http://www.fff.org/blog/index.asp
Federal crimes and the end of law
Foundation for Economic Education
by William L. Anderson
06/09/10
For the past decade I have focused on the growth of federal criminal law, and in a recent article in Regulation magazine I took a hard look at how this development harms the economy. With the Obama administration’s stated determination to have the Justice Department seek criminal charges in the BP oil spill, I believe we should take a hard look at the entire legal process...
http://tinyurl.com/25jgc3b
License to kill
Reason
by Jacob Sullum
06/09/10
Nearly a decade after the September 11 attacks, we still have not settled the question of how to deal with terrorism suspects. Should they be in military or civilian custody? Should they receive trials, and if so what kind? After years of acrimonious debate, President Obama is offering a way to settle this argument once and for all: Why not just kill them? Last week U.N. investigator Philip Alston delivered a report on ‘targeted killings’ in which the U.S. government plays a starring role. Under a policy secretly initiated by George W. Bush and expanded by Obama, the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command track and kill people, including U.S. citizens, based on their alleged ties to Al Qaeda or its allies. The killings, typically carried out by missiles fired from drone aircraft, dangerously blur the line between warfare and summary execution...
http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/09/license-to-kill
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DoJ
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Special+Operations+Command
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=global+war+on+terror
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=terror+suspect
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=target+killing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=assassin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drone
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+L.+Anderson
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+Sullum
by Jacob G. Hornberger
06/09/10
The so-called war on terrorism will surely go down in U.S. history as one of the most ridiculous, inane, hypocritical, crooked, corrupt, and destructive federal programs ever. This week, federal officials have been proudly proclaiming the arrest of two New Jersey men as they were preparing to board a plane to Somalia...
http://www.fff.org/blog/index.asp
Federal crimes and the end of law
Foundation for Economic Education
by William L. Anderson
06/09/10
For the past decade I have focused on the growth of federal criminal law, and in a recent article in Regulation magazine I took a hard look at how this development harms the economy. With the Obama administration’s stated determination to have the Justice Department seek criminal charges in the BP oil spill, I believe we should take a hard look at the entire legal process...
http://tinyurl.com/25jgc3b
License to kill
Reason
by Jacob Sullum
06/09/10
Nearly a decade after the September 11 attacks, we still have not settled the question of how to deal with terrorism suspects. Should they be in military or civilian custody? Should they receive trials, and if so what kind? After years of acrimonious debate, President Obama is offering a way to settle this argument once and for all: Why not just kill them? Last week U.N. investigator Philip Alston delivered a report on ‘targeted killings’ in which the U.S. government plays a starring role. Under a policy secretly initiated by George W. Bush and expanded by Obama, the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command track and kill people, including U.S. citizens, based on their alleged ties to Al Qaeda or its allies. The killings, typically carried out by missiles fired from drone aircraft, dangerously blur the line between warfare and summary execution...
http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/09/license-to-kill
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DoJ
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Special+Operations+Command
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=global+war+on+terror
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=terror+suspect
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=target+killing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=assassin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drone
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+L.+Anderson
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+Sullum
rudkla - 10. Jun, 10:18
