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Mukasey’s Failure

‘By ignoring and oath of nonpartisanship the Department of Justice has shown that playing politics is more important than the upholding of the law’

It is no secret that in the last seven years the Department of Justice has been used to strengthen the agenda of the Bush Administration. In early 2002 Alberto Gonzales, then legal counsel for President Bush, concluded that ‘enemy combatants’ of the US were not legally entitled to POW status, and thereby not protected by the Geneva Conventions. Read more »

Posted: August 17th, 2008 .
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On Shaky Grounds

Both the conditions on the ground in Iraq as well as the logical grounds (namely that any withdrawal must be conditions-based) for an indefinite duration of occupation are shaky.

The conditions on the ground have improved in Iraq. The phrase “conditions on the ground” has been used ad nauseum in the press over the last couple of months, though its precise meaning remains unclear. Read more »

Posted: August 9th, 2008 .
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