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...SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT GULAGS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S ACCUSATION THAT GUANTANAMO IS THE GULAG OF OUR TIMES...
...likely to be less effective in articulating their positions. The CIA and DHS are not without their fair share of abuses and it is essential that strong voices of dissent exist to stimulate debate on such issues as the indefinite detentions of suspects at Guantanamo Bay, or the specter of eroding civil liberties at home. This page has redundantly expressed its discontent with many of the practices of these agencies; yet we by no means espouse efforts to silence other opinions...
...rift between the U.S. and Europe is evident on issues as diverse as the Kyoto treaty and the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo. But it's likely to be felt most acutely in the strategic realm, in which the Europeans plainly no longer see themselves as hitched to the U.S. on matters of global conflict and security. The Europeans will make their own policy on Iraq, building their own relationships with its new government independently of the U.S. And presumably, so will others - as power shifts toward a government dominated by groups historically closer to Iran than they...
With hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees winning the right to a trial and many Americans being accused of terrorism, there will be a high demand for defense lawyers. But the government has sent a stern message to those lawyers willing to take up the challenge: defend an alleged terrorist, and you may find yourself accused of aiding terrorism, disbarred, and facing up to 30 years in prison...
...attempt to confront tyranny with utopian bellicosity may presage the end of the conservative pendulum swing. It flies in the face of reality. The Iraq fiasco has weakened our military and our standing in the world. Indeed, our intemperate behavior has sent a powerful countermessage. The unpunished excesses of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib give a rationale to China and all the other human-rights violators...