As I told you yesterday it would, it failed.
“The Senate voted on Wednesday against considering a measure to give Guantanamo detainees and other foreigners the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts.
The legislation needed 60 votes to be considered by lawmakers in the Senate, narrowly controlled by Democrats; it received only 56, with [...]

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President signed the terrorist interrogation bill today, and it’s a good thing.
” President Bush signed legislation Tuesday authorizing tough interrogation of terror suspects and smoothing the way for trials before military commissions, calling it a “vital tool” in the war against terrorism.”
How do I know it’s a good thing?
Because the ACLU thinks it’s a bad [...]

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A hugh win for our National Security, and President Bush’s efforts to keep us safe. A bad day for terrorists and for those who want to help them - like the democrats - kill us.
Via MSNBC, no story lead yet, just hitting the wires. More to come. Hot Air sitting [...]

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You can tell that the Bush/McCain deal is a win for Bush’s efforts at protecting the Country. Just read the news stories in the NY Times, who calls it a ” A Bad Bargin“¬† and Washington Post whines “The abuse can continue“, along a perusal of the left wing blog sites like this one,¬† [...]

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Breaking news, more to come!
“President Bush and Sen. John McCain have reached an agreement on legislation covering tribunals for enemy combatant suspects, NBC News reported Thursday.
Details on the deal were not immediately available.
The compromise comes amid a stalemate that has divided the House and Senate on the treatment of detainees. The two sides remained at [...]

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On Bill O’Reilly show last night his guest was ABC’s Brian Ross and the subject was the effectiveness of “strong interrogation” techniques.
Allah Pundit has the video. I am not a fan of Brian Ross, he’s a hack who wants us to remember, “We’re journalists, not bloggers. But we do have a blotter.”, [...]

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The NY Times carried this story today on Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen who was taken into custody, under suspicion of being connected with al Qaeda, while changing planes in New York, and who was “exonerated” by a Canadian Commission on Monday.
“A government commission on Monday exonerated a Canadian computer engineer of any ties [...]

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Guess what? The MSM has crossed over into defining legislation as they redefine the President’s legislation on detainee treatment and interrogation as “torture legislation”.
My, my,…..what kind of world so we live in when we “torture” terrorists?
Well, perhaps Columnist Robert Miniter, who actually toured Gitmo, can enlighten us as to what kind of “torture” these [...]

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