Breitbart’s Big House
Internet news entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart broke the story of the Obama administration’s planned relocation of the terrorist detainees held in Guantanamo to the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois. This past Friday at Big Government Breitbart posted the draft of the presidential directive to the Attorney General and Secretary of Defense necessary to initiate [...]
Secretary Gates: 116 out of 211 Gitmo Detainees Cleared for Transfer
According to press accounts, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told a Senate hearing today that the Obama administration has identified 116 Guantanamo detainees (out of the remaining 211) who can be transferred.
That’s an incredibly high number - much higher than the numbers that were reported earlier this year. And given the Obama administration’s past transfer [...]
Skelton: Holder Didn’t Really Convince Me
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has taken another shot at the administration’s war on terror policies with a letter yesterday to AG Eric Holder and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates questioning the decision to put the terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks on trial in federal criminal courts rather than military tribunals:
Skelton, a [...]
Trying KSM: Why? Eric Holder explains, sort of
Attorney General Holder is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. We have obtained a copy of Holder’s opening statement from the Justice Department. On the question why Holder has decided to bring KSM et al. up on criminal charges in federal court in New York, Holder made these preliminary observations:
I am [...]
Trying KSM: Why?
One of many puzzling aspects of the Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others in federal court is the fact that other terrorists will be tried by military tribunals. For example, Abd al-Rahim al Nashiri, who led the attack on the USS Cole, will be tried and sentenced by such a [...]
Kristol: Obama’s "Compromise Solution"
The McChrystal review was done by August 1st. It is now the end of October.
According to today’s Washington Post (”Obama seeking options on forces; President looks to send fewer additional troops“), we’ll get a decision by the end of November. That’s four months. And it’s evident that the review at this point is being driven [...]
