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2011-09-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-09-29 11:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 So, what else is new?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-09-29 14:42|| 2011-09-29 14:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama failed to close Guantanamo Bay as promised. He continued warrantless surveillance and military tribunals that denied defendants basic rights.

They never stop making stuff up do they?/rhet question

What basic rights? The stuff on the books, Geneva and Hague Conventions, specifically address who's entitled and who is not entitled to 'protection'. No matter how many times you try to ignore the reality, illegal combatants don't have rights under existing processes.

As far as surveillance, as long as its not employed in a civil court of law, it is simply inadmissible for consideration. Data transiting servers in the US with origination and destination in foreign countries isn't a problem. Doesn't mean they can't gather intel for other actions sanctioned under the law.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-09-29 16:08|| 2011-09-29 16:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Now the president has begun campaigning for a second term. He will again be selling himself more than his policies, but he is likely to find many civil libertarians who simply are not buying.

A rather telling summation I'd say. Writer must have been late for a dinner engagment.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-09-29 16:12|| 2011-09-29 16:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Obama is a disaster. ~~for civil liberties.~~

Posted by JohnQC 2011-09-29 17:16|| 2011-09-29 17:16|| Front Page Top

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