All I Want for Christmas Is My Civil Liberties!

Sad, isn't it, that just two days before Christmas, we have to stand out in the cold and worry about getting another big lump of coal from our politicians?! But unfortunately it's expected that Obama will sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law...

Michael Hayden: Torture’s PR Man

Former director of both the NSA and CIA Michael Hayden has been out of public "service" for over two years now. Sadly, though, his mouth hasn't, and for quite the worse. Hayden ran the NSA, and after 9/11 followed many Americans into the fever swamps of terror...

Twenty-Four Anti-Torture Activists Acquitted

Breaking: Twenty-Four Anti-Torture Activists Acquitted in Trial for Protest at the US Capitol Calling for Guantanamo's Closure and the Investigation of Deaths at the Prison. From WitnessTorture.org: On Monday, June 14, twenty-four activists with Witness Against...

McChrystal, Copper Green, Torture and Assassination

Check out this great Esquire article about the torture occupation of Iraq and new Afghan boss McChrystal's role. How'd I miss this in '06? It was a point of pride that the Red Cross would never be allowed in the door, Jeff says. This is important because it defied the...

Democrats: Investigate Republicans

But why bring up lawbreaking by the Democrats who preceded them? We don't want to criminalize policy differences do we? The sooner we stop pretending there is a "rule of law" which binds the power of our government, the better off we'll all be.

Oh, Poor Judge Bybee!

Pravda reports that Federal Judge Jay Bybee, who "interpreted" the law to mean that it was perfectly okay for George W. Bush to slam people against the wall 30 times in a row after keeping them awake for a month chained to the ceiling and forced to evacuate on...

Colin Powell: War Criminal

Rachel Maddow busts Colin Powell, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of State of the United States, as he pretends on live TV to not be qualified to know whether someone (him) would be in violation of the laws of war if that person...