Remember those prisoners — I’m sorry, “enemy combatants” — at Guantanamo Bay? You know, the ones who, for the most part, hadn’t actually been charged with anything and were, in probably more than a few cases, guilty of nothing more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time? Well, if the current administration has its way, they won’t be going anywhere anytime soon:
“It’s outrageous,” [USC law professor Erwin] Chemerinsky said. “There are no signs that the war on terrorism is nearing an end, so the government is saying it can hold people indefinitely and likely for the rest of their lives without complying with the requirements of international law.”
Brought to my attention by Erik Wilson, who also shares a number of links (including this one), about the ease with which the results of the 2004 presidential election might be fixed:
Diebold is the company that wants to get the contract to provide and program voting machines in every state for the 2004 election and O’Dell is raising money exclusively for President Bush and the Republican National Committee (RNC). O’Dell, in a fundraising letter on August 14th, committed “to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year” according to the Associated Press. In the 2002 election cycle, O’Dell gave $5,965 to the RNC while Diebold gave the RNC $95,000
And I was worried when I thought it was just crappy voting software.