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An interview with Professor John Yoo, who discusses torture, the Geneva Conventions, and the war powers of Congress and the President.
Free speech problems at UC Irvine. A repetitive occurrence from the same quarters. Compared to more restrained Muslim student associations at other schools, this one has a history of bullying and trying to silence critical speech. Also repetitive is the UCI administration’s cowardice in dealing with these people. But UCI is not alone in its cravenness.
The administration’s counter-terrorism director actually wrote in an op-ed piece that people who criticize the decision to Mirandize the would-be crotchbomber are helping al Qaeda.
Interesting. The Obama birth-certificate movement started among Democrats on the Left. There’s some overlap with the 9/11 Truthers and the CBS research into the George W. Bush National Guard records. It’s interesting to recall, too, that the Willie Horton ads against 1988 Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis were started in the primaries by Democrat Al Gore.
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