democracyarsenal.org - 5/8/2009
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Today, Richard Clarke, former head of counterterrorism at the National Security Council under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, reacted to recent Republican attacks on President Obama's decision to close Guantanamo as well as the release of a GOP video which uses graphic imagery from ...
huffingtonpost.com - 5/11/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
In the next few days President Obama will
decide whether he will live up to his campaign
promises about dealing seriously with the challenge of cyber security by creating a White House office to direct government activity and coordinate with the ...
(more)
Richard A. Clarke: Obama's Challenge in Cyberspace
huffingtonpost.com - 5/7/2009
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In an act of desperation, the GOP has
settled on attacking President Obama and the Democrats for
closing Guantanamo because none of their other political tactics have worked. It's clear that they want to be the party of national security, but both ...
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Adam Blickstein: On Guantanamo, The GOP Attacks Hard ...
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Dumbing down the debate
Political Animal —
... tried to blow up a plane with a shoe bomb. The state's no less safe for it. There's a reason they call it Supermax. If Boehner were consistent -- stop laughing, it could happen -- he would have made an effort years ago to remove terrorists from U.S. prisons. Instead, he's never said a word, probably because he knows these madmen are safely locked up in maximum-security facilities. It's not about policy or security; it's about politicizing fear, and doing it in a ham-fisted way. As Richard Clarke said today, "This video and the recent Republican attacks on Guantanamo are more ...
All Fear, All the Time
Daily Kos —
... aim? To convince Americans that our legal and penal systems aren't capable of handling some 200 Guantanamo detainees. Right. Becuase America doesn't know how to incarcerate people. The bullshit has to be seen (and heard) to be believed. The best response, hands down, has been Hilzoy's: Former NSC head of counterterrorism Richard Clarke has a more serious response: "This video and the recent Republican attacks on ...
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