Guantanamo: Idealists Leave Obama’s Sinking Ship

Last week, lawyer, ex-Army Captain and Iraq veteran Phillip Carter, described by Glenn Greenwald as “a very harsh critic of the Bush administration’s detention and interrogation policies,” suddenly resigned his post as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Policy, which he had occupied since April. Carter claimed that he was leaving due to “personal issues,” which may be true, but as Greenwald noted, “the policies Obama has adopted in the last six months in the very areas of Carter’s responsibilities were ones Carter vehemently condemned when implemented by Bush.”

Biden’s Stimulus Speech: A Context Check

Vice President Joe Biden marked the 200-day point of the stimulus package today with a speech at the Brookings Institution, where he spent nearly an hour ticking off its achievements so far.

White House Settles Lawsuit, Agrees to Disclose Some Visitor Logs Online

The Obama administration said the administration would begin posting some of its visitor logs online following a protracted legal battle.

Limbaugh, Beck, O’Reilly, Hannity, Dobbs: The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Rush Limbaugh. Glenn Beck. Bill O’Reilly. Sean Hannity. Lou Dobbs: Five now-household names made rich and famous by those wonderful folks who brought us cable and talk radio.
All were gung-go for that grotesquely-misnamed government euphemism known as “enhanced interrogation techniques.” All were joined at Dubya’s hip as cheerleaders for “Democratizing” Iraq. All were megaphones for [...]

Did Obama Secretly Cut a Deal With The Healthcare Industry?

Obama Administration Redacts Contract Details for Recovery.gov

Back in July, a software company named Smartronix landed an $18 million contract to build a Web site where taxpayers could easily track billions in federal stimulus money. It was just another part of the Obama administration’s ongoing effort to bring transparency to stimulus spending, we were told. But it seems the drive for transparency doesn’t cover the contract itself.

Glenn Beck Compares Obama to Nazis, Cries On-Air About His Daughter

Obama Admin. Asks High Court to Hear Torture Photo Case

The Obama administration today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a court ruling requiring the release of photos depicting the abuse of prisoners held in U.S. custody at overseas locations. In September 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered the government to turn over the photos in [...]

Obama Admin. Ordered to Disclose Evidence in National Security Letter Case

A federal court has ruled that the Obama administration must reveal portions of the evidence it has relied on to justify its continued gag order on an Internet service provider (ISP) that the FBI served with a national security letter (NSL) more than five years ago.
The ruling, which requires the government to produce an unclassified [...]

What The British Government Knew About The Torture Of Binyam Mohamed

A year ago, two judges in the High Court, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr. Justice Lloyd Jones, first began probing government agents (identified only as Witnesses A and B) about their knowledge of the rendition and torture of British resident Binyam Mohamed, who was returned to the UK from Guantánamo in February this year, largely [...]