These three articles are from different sources and don’t seem to be related, but they indicate a frightening trend in our national life. <\/p>\n
The first, from Breitbart.com<\/a> recounts the story of an Iraqi veteran and two mothers of soldiers asking a federal judge in New Jersey to declare the war in Iraq unconstitutional. The government argued that courts do not have authority to rule on a political matter. Watch this, it will be interesting to see what happens next.<\/p>\n The second, from the Daily Mail Online<\/a> says that President Obama may allow the Bush Administration officials who designed the ‘harsh’ interrogation techniques used on some terrorists may be subject to prosecution by the Attorney General. Let me see, the techniques that uncovered terrorist plots against our country and prevented them are now going to be retroactively illegal. There have to be all sorts of constitutional problems with retroactive laws aimed at a specific group of people. I guess political prosecution is more important than national safety.<\/p>\n Last, but not least, CNS News<\/a> has confirmed that the waterboarding of Khalid Sheik Mohammed gave them information that allowed Homeland Security to stop a 911-style attack on Los Angeles. According to the article:<\/p>\n “A CIA spokesman confirmed to CNSNews.com today that the CIA stands by the factual assertions made here. The CNS article is rather long, but there is a lot of good information there about how a country defends itself from terrorism. I don’t like to see anyone put through intense interrogation, but I don’t want to see thousands of people killed in Los Angeles either. Sometimes you have to make hard choices to preserve your country from evil. I’m not sure the present administration is willing to do that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These three articles are from different sources and don’t seem to be related, but they indicate a frightening trend in our national life. The first, from Breitbart.com recounts the story of an Iraqi veteran and two mothers of soldiers asking a … Continue reading \n
In the memo itself, the Justice Department’s Bradbury told the CIA’s Rossi: “Your office has informed us that the CIA believes that ‘the intelligence acquired from these interrogations has been a key reason why al Qa’ida has failed to launch a spectacular attack in the West since 11 September 2001<\/em>.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n