Create an Account
username: password:
 
  MemeStreams Logo

What questions are you asking yourself?

search

Jeremy
My Blog
My Profile
My Audience
My Sources
Send Me a Message

sponsored links

Jeremy's topics
Arts
  Literature
   Classical
   Fiction
   Horror
   Non-Fiction
   Sci-Fi/Fantasy Literature
  Movies
   Movie Genres
    Action/Adventure
    Cult Films
    Documentary
    Drama
    Horror
    Independent Films
    Film Noir
    Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films
    War
  Music
   Music Styles
    Classical
    Electronic Music
    Rap & Hip Hop
    IDM
    Jazz
    World Music
  TV
   TV Documentary
   TV Drama
   SciFi TV
Business
  Finance & Accounting
  Industries
   Tech Industry
   Telecom Industry
  Management
  Markets & Investing
Games
  Video Games
   PC Video Games
   Console Video Games
Health and Wellness
  Medicine
Home and Garden
  Cooking
  Entertaining
Miscellaneous
  Humor
  MemeStreams
   Using MemeStreams
Current Events
  War on Terrorism
  Elections
  Israeli/Palestinian
Recreation
  Cars and Trucks
  Travel
Local Information
  United States
   California
    SF Bay Area
   Events in Washington D.C.
   News for Washington D.C.
   Georgia
    Atlanta
     Atlanta Events
Science
  Biology
  History
  Math
  Medicine
  Nano Tech
  Physics
Society
  Economics
  Education
  Futurism
  International Relations
  History
  (Politics and Law)
   Civil Liberties
    Internet Civil Liberties
    Surveillance
   Intellectual Property
  Media
   Blogging
  Military
  Philosophy
Technology
  Biotechnology
  Computers
   Computer Security
    Cryptography
   PC Hardware
   Human Computer Interaction
   Computer Networking
   Macintosh
   Software Development
    Open Source Development
  Military Technology
  High Tech Developments

support us

Get MemeStreams Stuff!


 
Current Topic: Politics and Law

Decoding the Senate Intelligence Committee Investigation on Iraq
Topic: Politics and Law 10:33 am EDT, Jul 18, 2004

The 511-page report focuses on something called a "National Intelligence Estimate."

Three versions of the report on Iraq were prepared, all of them concluding that Saddam Hussein was a major threat. But the first, long, classified one was peppered with reservations. A declassified version that was given to Congress erased most of the doubts. The even shorter public version had no caveats at all.

Decoding the Senate Intelligence Committee Investigation on Iraq


A Pause for Hindsight
Topic: Politics and Law 8:35 am EDT, Jul 16, 2004

If we want Mr. Bush to be candid about his mistakes, we should be equally open about our own.

We were wrong about the weapons.

We did not listen carefully to the people who disagreed with us. We had a groupthink of our own.

Many politicians who voted to authorize the war still refuse to admit that they made a mistake. But they did. And even though this page came down against the invasion, we regret now that we didn't do more to challenge the president's assumptions.

It's hard to tell for sure if this is just a tactical political manuever or a measure of true intellectual honesty on display. (Perhaps it's both.)

To the extent it's the latter, I find it interesting that the public probably has Jayson Blair to thank for (indirectly) bringing about this new approach.

A Pause for Hindsight


The Senate Report | NYT Editorial
Topic: Politics and Law 1:08 pm EDT, Jul 10, 2004

The report speaks to a critical long-term security threat. We cannot afford to have the public become too cynical about the government's assessment of danger.

The administration's continuing insistence on linking Iraq and Al Qaeda is not aimed at helping the public understand the situation in the Middle East, but at providing political cover for an increasingly unpopular invasion.

The president could help restore confidence in the government's risk assessment by simply being frank about the errors his administration made and the lessons it learned. That would do more to prepare the country for the next crisis than a full season of scary press conferences by Mr. Ridge.

The Senate Report | NYT Editorial


Report on the US Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq [PDF]
Topic: Politics and Law 12:59 pm EDT, Jul 10, 2004

This is the (redacted) full text of the 521 page report. The PDF is 24 MB. (BTW, the Senate web site is remarkably well-connected!)

There is plenty of news media commentary and analysis to read on this topic, if you're not reading into the report. (Remember, most people don't read, and even 26 percent of people with graduate degrees don't read.) Still, a first-hand look at the report reveals details unlikely to be mentioned in a page one story.

For example, in the major section on the relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, there is a subsection entitled "Detainee Debriefings" in which three cases are reviewed. Two of the three are well known senior level officials: Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Shaikh Muhammad. The identity of the third detainee, and the analysis of his/her debriefing, remains secret and is redacted in the report. This suggests that the Agency (or a third nation) has undisclosed senior al Qaeda officials in its custody.

Report on the US Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq [PDF]


Senate Report Does Little to Still Debate on CIA's Prewar Data
Topic: Politics and Law 12:25 pm EDT, Jul 10, 2004

The report concluded that these visits were not perceived by analysts as efforts to pressure them, but other intelligence officials said such high-level visits often forced analysts to simplify complicated subjects and gloss over internal doubts.

Senate Report Does Little to Still Debate on CIA's Prewar Data


When Irish Eyes Stop Smiling
Topic: Politics and Law 11:02 am EDT, Jul  4, 2004

Planners of President Bush's recent European summit trip may have envisioned a pleasant inning of softball questions when they penciled in a brief interview with RTE, the state television of Ireland. What they got was the intrepid Carole Coleman.

Mr. Bush gave as good as he got, once his Irish was up. But Ms. Coleman remained resolute. It may have cost her a follow-up interview with Laura Bush. But the griping and debate about the interview was a sad reminder to Americans that the White House seldom welcomes robust questioning, especially when it is most needed.

When Irish Eyes Stop Smiling


Whistle House Says It's Addressing Court Concerns on Captives
Topic: Politics and Law 12:17 am EDT, Jul  1, 2004

Refusing to concede that Monday's Supreme Court rulings were a defeat, the Whistle House said today that it is moving quickly and aggressively to address the justices' concerns.

"We recognize that the court had some concerns, and we respect those concerns."

The rulings [have been] widely described as the court's most important holdings in decades on balancing national security with personal liberties.

Whistle House Says It's Addressing Court Concerns on Captives


Terrorists Will Not Be Released
Topic: Politics and Law 12:14 am EDT, Jul  1, 2004

Caution: top spin ahead! Look out, Maria Sharapova!

No dangerous terrorists are going to get out of detention because of Supreme Court decisions handed down June 28.

Whew! That was a close one. You really had me going there for a second.

That being said, going forward, we still might possibly have to begin considering the necessity of the eventual release of an unspecified number of allegedly non-guilty bystanders. You know, at some point.

"No one's being released as a result of the decisions. In fact, the Supreme Court reaffirmed our authority to detain enemy combatants."

Get somebody in here to disengage his reality mediator, stat!

Terrorists Will Not Be Released


Jose Padilla v. Donald H. Rumsfeld
Topic: Politics and Law 11:54 pm EDT, Jun 30, 2004

Respondent Jose Padilla is a United States citizen detained by the Department of Defense pursuant to the President's determination that he is an "enemy combatant" who conspired with al Qaeda to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States. We confront two questions: First, did Padilla properly file his habeas petition in the Southern District of New York; and second, did the President possess authority to detain Padilla militarily. We answer the threshold question in the negative and thus do not reach the second question presented.

Jose Padilla v. Donald H. Rumsfeld


Shafiq Rasul v. George W. Bush, and Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad al Odah v. United States
Topic: Politics and Law 11:50 pm EDT, Jun 30, 2004

These two cases present the narrow but important question whether United States courts lack jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the detention of foreign nationals captured abroad in connection with hostilities and incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

Shafiq Rasul v. George W. Bush, and Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad al Odah v. United States


(Last) Newer << 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 >> Older (First)
 
 
Powered By Industrial Memetics
RSS2.0