Saturday, May 16, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
And McCarthy: Obama's Commissions Statement - '...It's just hilarious to hear Obama laud the "long tradition" of commissions in American history and pronounce them "appropriate ... provided that they are properly structured and administered," and yet claim the Bush commissions needed "reforms" in order to be "legitimate." The Bush commissions (especially when coupled with Congress's provision of a right of appeal to the civilian courts) gave more due process to enemy operatives than any commissions the U.S. has ever conducted...'
