I’ll agree with Sen. Lindsey Graham on one thing: “Americans still wait for justice.” That’s the headline of a column he wrote that ran in the SunNews and other South Carolina newspapers on Monday, lamenting that the U.S. government still hasn’t put the plotters of the September 11 terrorist attacks on trial. But Graham’s explanation for why we haven’t yet seen justice is actually backwards.
Lindsey Graham’s Backwards Look at Military Commissions |
| By: daphneeviatarhumanrights1st Tuesday September 14, 2010 10:07 am |
No Comments
How to Overcome the “Legacy of Torture” |
| By: daphneeviatarhumanrights1st Friday August 27, 2010 12:01 pm |
The New York Times today highlights a new report released by ProPublica and the National Law Journal concluding that torture and “enhanced interrogation techniques” approved by the Bush Administration and used on suspected terrorists has made it impossible to bring many of those alleged terrorists to justice.
Judges to Congress: Don’t Legislate Indefinite Detention |
| By: daphneeviatarhumanrights1st Friday June 11, 2010 3:15 pm |
For months now, certain commentators and legislators have been arguing that Congress needs to pass a new law authorizing the indefinite detention without charge or trial of suspected terrorists and their supporters.
March Madness Strikes the Terror Debates |
| By: daphneeviatarhumanrights1st Monday March 22, 2010 2:08 pm |
Lyndsey Graham is unable to produce positive results on an idea that no one supports.
Support this site!
Subscribe to the newsletter
Advertise on Firedoglake
Send
us your tips
Make us your homepage
About The Seminal