Homage to Icarus

Glenn Greenwald had a post up a cou­ple weeks ago decry­ing Germany for bring­ing charges against Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes. I think some points are required:

If the German gov­ern­ment wants to impli­cate itself in the pros­e­cu­tion of alleged war crim­i­nals, they are cer­tainly able to do so. The fact that the crime did not […]

via Rad Geek:

Inskeep
If you’re an enemy com­bat­ant, who decides if you ever get a full-blown trial  —  a mil­i­tary com­mis­sion trial as it’s been called?

Fmr. Bush Counsel Yoo
That’s ulti­mately up to the President. I think it’s still up to the President and the Secretary of Defense who’s going to be tried by a mil­i­tary commission.

Inskeep
The gov­ern­ment will […]

From Wired, via Boing-Boing:

Look closely at the “Green” threat level. Yes, you are read­ing that cor­rectly. As a res­i­dent of America, you are more likely to be shot by a police offi­cer than killed in any type of ter­ror­ist attack. Now fac­tor in the well-documented racial bias in law enforce­ment strate­gies and arrest rates, and […]

Sigh. After only a few short months of pay­ing atten­tion to them, I have already tired of the Democrats and their assorted min­ions.
If noth­ing else, the idea that it’s some­how in the Bush Administration’s best inter­est to claim the NSA spy­ing pro­gram was some advanced data min­ing pro­ce­dure  —  and thus be able to wave the magic […]