The ‘Gitmo Nine,’ the ‘al-Qaeda Seven’ and Pure McCarthyism

For more on the Cheneyite right’s intimations that there’s something shameful about providing legal counsel for Guantanamo detainees, see Adam Serwer’s new piece for the American Prospect, which pivots off Keep America Safe’s bottom-scraping ad:

The group put out a web video demanding that Holder name the other

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A New Red Scare?

When the final chapter of this election is written in the books that soon will be on sale, I hope we feel shame.

Not shame in electing a president. But shame that we as a nation allowed certain members of the Republican Party to try to resurrect one of this More…