Comments on: Obama DOJ Asks Full Panel to Review Jeppesen

By: alank

alank — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:28:57 +0000

The profound incompetence of the CIA is a well-known state secret.

By: fatster

fatster — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:23:52 +0000

UNITED STATES TRANSFERS THREE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
[Editor’s Note: This statement was provided by the Department of Justice on June 12, 2009.]

WASHINGTON - “The Department of Justice announced today that three Saudi nationals were transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under appropriate security measures.”

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.c.....hp?ref=fpa

By: Petrocelli

Petrocelli — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:02:58 +0000

O/T … Bibi’s conditions leaked … shorter Bibi to Palestinians, “Give up your weapons and get nothing in return !”

By: Petrocelli

Petrocelli — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:59:19 +0000

I echo all those who offer you plaudits for the amazing work you did in the al-H post earlier …

It was as good as being there.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:53:48 +0000

It was a very good opinion and pretty legally compelling in my estimation.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:52:54 +0000

within the Federal Judge clique, absolutely.

By: MadDog

MadDog — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:48:27 +0000

Knowing Cheney, an inference that Down is Up seems in character.

By: dmvdc

dmvdc — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:37:55 +0000

I bet the panel’s opinion holds up, either way. It was quite a good opinion, I thought.

By: 1boringoldman

1boringoldman — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:34:13 +0000

“the release of the CIA OIG report is meant to overwhelm any inference to intelligence gained in the other 2 CIA documents”

If there is any such inference…

Levin, speaking at the Foreign Policy Association’s annual dinner in Washington on Wednesday, said an investigation by his committee into detainee abuse charges over the use of the techniques — now deemed torture by the Obama administration — “gives the lie to Mr. Cheney’s claims.”

The Michigan Democrat told the crowd that the two CIA documents that Cheney wants released “say nothing about numbers of lives saved, nor do the documents connect acquisition of valuable intelligence to the use of abusive techniques.”

“I hope that the documents are declassified, so that people can judge for themselves what is fact, and what is fiction,” he added…

By: MadDog

MadDog — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:27:01 +0000

In case folks want to read it, here is the Obama Administration’s DOJ filing of “Mohamed, et al. v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc - Petition for Rehearing En Banc” (28 page PDF) via the ACLU.