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Posts Tagged Bob Barr

In Its Heterodox Media Star, an Identity Crisis for Libertarian Party

By | 06.22.10 | 6:00 am

Bob Barr’s 2008 nomination as the Libertarian Party candidate for the presidency triggered something of an existential crisis for the nation’s largest third party. The former Georgia congressman was a strange new face for a group that prides itself on philosophical consistency and allegiance to first principles. Before his More…

TWI’s Daphne Eviatar Joins MSNBC’s ‘Morning Meeting’ to Talk Illinois Gitmo Transfers

By | 11.17.09 | 10:38 am

TWI legal reporter Daphne Eviatar appeared earlier today on MSNBC’s “Morning Meeting” alongside NBC terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann and former Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) to discuss the proposal to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in Thomson, Ill. Video after the jump.

Keene, Norquist and Barr Back Obama on Gitmo

By | 11.16.09 | 10:12 am

David Keene of the American Conservative Union, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, and former congressman/Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr are backing a proposal to send Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in Illinois, as well as President Obama’s plan to try terrorism suspects in federal courts. The More…