Celebrate Freedom 7/4/2008 11:08:11 AM The 4th of July. The day we celebrate our announcement to King George of England that we are, and ought to be, free and independent states. The Declaration of Independence is so revered by U.S. citizens that it is under incredible security, although it's probably not the original. We don't care. The document itself isn't as important as the statement -- a statement that... Read More Topics:   Independence, July 4th, habeas corpus, freedom Posted by  The Wonk View Comments - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute Enemy Combatants 10/27/2007 11:31:27 AM An unnamed American military lawyer, an Army major who has taken part in 49 "Combatant Status Review Panels" (the official name of the secret Gitmo tribunals used to determine whether a detainee is an "enemy combatant") has turned whistleblower. He joins 2 other whistleblowers, Army Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, a 26-year veteran in U.S. military... Read More Topics:   enemy combatants, habeas corpus, whistleblower, Guantanamo Posted by  The Wonk View Comments - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute   Links Home Get Blog Widget Recent Posts Celebrate Freedom The New FISA Law. Compromise, Capitulation, or Conspiracy? Taguba, War Crimes & Nancy Pelosi Bush and the Supreme Court Losing the Media; Losing Democracy Joe Lieberman as "The Decider" Bush and Public Policy Does Bush Want War With Venezuela? The Peter Principle Tin Foil Hats The Liberty City Seven Revamping Immigration Policy Passport Peepers Tibet The Baghdad Taj Majal Conservatives and the Economic Crisis The Economy Sucks Will the House Cave In? The True Costs of Our Military Incursions The Bush Library and Institute To become a blogger on the blog you must subscribe to The Issue Wonk. Please click here to subscribe. Most Read Osama bin Laden-Dead or Alive? Have You Had Enough? Lieberman-Kyl Amendment John "Pat" Philbin The New NIE Report Topics bush (11) FISA (8) telecommunications (6) Clinton (5) torture (4) government news article (3) immunity (3) Iran (3) iraq (3) Obama (3) subscription service (3) us government news (3) warrantless surveillance (3) debt (2) Economy (2) Gonzales (2) habeas corpus (2) health insurance (2) illegal wiretapping (2) Joe Lieberman (2) Krongard (2) McCain (2) Patriot Act (2) Protect America Act (2) Reagan (2) spying (2) War (2) 60 Minutes (1) 9/11 (1) Afghanistan (1) airport security (1) al Qaeda (1) Alberto Gonzales (1) Alvaro Uribe (1) amnesty (1) Andrew Natsios (1) Arlen Specter (1) automatic targeting system (1) average income (1) b-52s (1) Archives 2008 July June May April March February January 2007 December November October September August RSS Feed Atom Feed