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Friday, February 10th, 2012

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Terry ‘Col Birther’ Lakin is coming home, political spectacle likely to follow

By | 05.13.11 | 6:32 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

He is the medal-winning former Army doctor from Greeley who became a hero to “birther” conspiracy theorists like Denver radio talker Peter Boyles when he refused to deploy to Afghanistan, demanding to see his commander-in-chief’s birth certificate. Lakin didn’t get to see any birth certificate. He was court martialed, More…

Former ‘Enemy Combatant’ Promised Not to Sue U.S. Government in Exchange for Release

By | 03.31.09 | 1:12 pm

When the news broke last week that the United States had tried to prevent Binyam Mohamed from suing the U.S. government — or even talking about his treatment at the hands of U.S. authorities before they would allow him to return to the United Kingdom — I wondered More…