You know something’s fundamentally changed when The Wall Street Journal’s William McGurn — a former Bush speechwriter, now chief editorial writer for the paper — is calling the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan where the United States is holding some 600 prisoners indefinitely without charge “Obama’s Gitmo.”
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For those who’ve been wondering whether Congress can really just vent its anger at those $165 million in AIG bonuses by levying a 90 percent tax on the bonuses of all executives who receive bailout money, the answer is: probably, yes.
As expected, the U.S. Senate today confirmed David Ogden to be the deputy attorney general of the United States, the second highest-ranking position in the Department of Justice. After two days of debate that included serious objections by some Republicans, the Senate voted 65-28 to confirm Ogden.
In an October 2001 memo released today on Monday, then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo advised the Pentagon’s top lawyer that the president may not only deploy the military within the United States, but it may More…
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