To eliminate the likely possibility of saying things that could come back to bite me professionally (or God forbid politically) this will be my last blog post. I’ve just been muttering to myself here and based on the quality of recent legislation and its effect on my investments I’m likely to just come off as unhinged. So, so long, good luck and buy gold!!!
WASHINGTON - Even as it pulls back from harsh interrogations and other sharply debated aspects of George W. Bush ’s “war on terrorism,” the Obama administration is quietly signaling continued support for other major elements of its predecessor’s approach to fighting Al Qaeda .
In little-noticed confirmation testimony recently, Obama nominees endorsed continuing the C.I.A. ’s program of transferring prisoners to other countries without legal rights, and indefinitely detaining terrorism suspects without trials even if they were arrested far from a war zone.
The administration has also embraced the Bush legal team’s arguments that a lawsuit by former C.I.A. detainees should be shut down based on the “state secrets” doctrine. It has also left the door open to resuming military commission trials.
I'm sure Obama is just doing this to be nice; give Bush something for his tattered legacy to cling to.
I'm sure it wasn't that he knew all along that most of the rhetoric against these polices wasn't in any way realistic.
