Administration officials say President Barack Obama will restart Bush-era military tribunals for a small number of Guantanamo detainees after adding some legal protections for the terror suspects.
Obama had suspended the tribunals within hours of taking office in January, ordering a review but stopping short of abandoning George W. Bush’s strategy of prosecuting terrorists. He had [...]
An internal Justice Department inquiry into the conduct of Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memorandums authorizing brutal interrogations has concluded that the authors committed serious lapses of judgment but should not be criminally prosecuted, according to government officials briefed on a draft of the findings.
The report by the Office of Professional Responsibility, an internal [...]
What’s so unfunny?
That’s what some comics – citing the scarcity of satire directed at President Obama and his administration – want to know.
Claiming that his peers are “panicky” about “being called a racist,” stand-up legend Jackie Mason said too many once-fearless satirists are settling for “hero worship” of the new U.S. president.
The Great Presidential Comedy [...]
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