Democrats' Assault On the CIA

WASHINGTON POST, 5/20/2009 by Michael Gerson - In a little over 100 days, the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have delivered a series of blows to the pride and morale of the Central Intelligence Agency. ∴ It began with the release of the Justice Department memos -- a move opposed by CIA Director Leon Panetta along with four previous directors. Then, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. did not rule out Justice Department cooperation with foreign lawsuits against American intelligence operatives. Then, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of lying to her in 2002 about waterboarding, which she admitted learning about five months later anyway but did nothing to oppose because her real job was to "change the leadership in Congress and in the White House." Read more at the Washington Post...

Hat tip: John H. Detweiler
John said, "Stealing from the political cartoon in the GT today, what planet
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Eric Holder's 2002 quotes regarding detainees and interrogation

WORKS AND DAYS, 5/10/2009 - Eric Holder in 2002: “It seems to me you can think of these people as combatants and we are in the middle of a war. And it seems to me that you could probably say, looking at precedent, that you are going to detain these people until war is over, if that is ultimately what we wanted to do.” Later in 2002 Holder elaborated, “One of the things we clearly want to do with these prisoners is to have an ability to interrogate them and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located. Under the Geneva Convention, you are really limited in the amount of information that you can elicit from people... [They] are not, in fact, people entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention. They are not prisoners of war... Those in Europe and other places who are concerned about the treatment of al-Qaida members should come to Camp X-ray and see how the people are, in fact, being treated.” Read Amnesiacs by Victor Davis Hanson... Read More......

USA Today Poll on the meaning of "Right to bare arms"

From John Detweiler: "Take action."

Our new Attorney General has already said firearm restriction is one of his major issues. ∴ This takes literally 2 clicks to complete. Please vote on this gun issue question with USA Today. It will only take a few seconds of your time. Then pass the link on to all the pro gun folks you know. Hopefully these results will be published later this month. This upcoming year will become critical for gun owners with the Supreme Court accepting the District of Columbia case against the right for individuals to bear arms.

The Question is: Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms? http://www.usatoday.com/news/quickquestion/2007/november/popup5895.htm


Results as of 4/24/2009:

With 2,214,919 responses
Yes: 96%
No: 3%
Undecided: 1%

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