Obama's Gitmo
You know we live in interesting times when Helen Thomas is going after Barack Obama. Miss Thomas was asking the White House press secretary last week why detainees at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan should not have the same right to challenge their detention in federal court that last year's Supreme Court ruling in Boumediene v. Bush gave to Guantanamo's detainees. All Mr. Gibbs could do was interrupt and correct the doyenne of the White House press corps ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
We have seen the bushies keep innocents locked up to prevent public embarrassment about wrongful imprisonment of bounty prisoners. Power needs checks and balances.