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...John McCain's camp wasted no time in attacking, with one surrogate, conservative Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, calling Obama's gun control statement "incredible flip-flopping." McCain advisor Randy Scheunemann was even tougher in a conference call Thursday. "What's becoming clear in this campaign," Scheunemann said, is "that for Senator Obama the most important issue in the election is the political fortunes of Senator Obama. He has demonstrated that there really is no position he holds that isn't negotiable or isn't subject to change depending on how he calculates it will affect his political fortunes...
...memo giving an account of a meeting of senior officials overseeing interrogations at Guantanamo documents a lively discussion over interrogation methods. At one point in the meeting, an officer says "We can't do sleep deprivation." Lt. Col. Diane Beaver, then the top legal advisor at Guantanamo, replies, "Yes, we can - with approval." Another officer notes, "We have had many reports from [Afghanistan] about sleep deprivation being used." Beaver answers: "True, but officially it is not happening. It is not being reported officially. The ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] is a serious concern. They will...
...program a "mistake of massive proportions." He had been one of very few senior Pentagon officials to protest at the time, and his objections led to the cancellation of some of the program's worst aspects. But both Beaver and Rear Admiral Jane G. Dalton, the former top legal advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave answers that were repeatedly challenged by Senators. When both asserted that the use of dogs and stripping prisoners naked had never been authorized at Guantanamo, their attention was drawn to just such an apparent authorization being cited in documents that...
...Preparations for the trial have already featured accusations of political manipulation, notably set forth by Air Force Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo's former chief prosecutor. He has said under oath that the top legal advisor to Guantanamo's military commissions, Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, interfered in his planning of trials at the base by demanding that he drum up "sexy," high-profile cases "with blood on them" to attract public support for convictions. That charge led a military judge several weeks ago to exclude Hartmann from further involvement in a prominent case. Davis has also accused the Pentagon...
...coverage of the elections focus on identity politics instead of the candidates’ substantive issues. Even more disappointing has been the way in which both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have stooped to new lows of campaigning in the race for the democratic nomination. Whether it is Obama advisor Samantha Power’s comment about the “monster” Senator Clinton, or Senator’s Clinton opportunistic response to Senator Obama’s “elitist” comment about rural America, negative campaigning threatens only hurt the Democratic party?...