Habeas Corpus officially eliminated

  • Posted by Brian
  • September 29, 2006

It’s official, torture/detainee bill passed the Senate last night. Several different amendments - to provide some kind of oversight program, to reinsert Habeas Corpus into the bill, and to put a five year sunset provision - all failed to pass.

Osama - Mission Accomplished

The one thing Osama bin Laden couldn’t do - take away our freedoms - our Republican government enthusiastically did for him. Way to go, jackasses. And while many Democrats did vote against this, they were mostly absent from the discussion about this until voting day, and they were entirely too wishy-washy about the entire boondoggle. Way to go, jackasses.

As usual, Glenn Greenwald has a terrific summary of what happened, and what it means.

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OH-12 » Habeas what?
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September 29, 2006 at 7:33 am

[…] I just posted over at Plunderbund about this - Habeas Corpus has officially been eliminated. The government can make any US citizen it wants dissapear into a secret prison without any recourse simply by slapping an “enemy combatant” label on them. They can do so without proof, at whim. […]

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Why Did Sherrod Vote for Torture? at word of mouth
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September 29, 2006 at 11:25 am

[…] UPDATE:  Plunderbund has an update on the Senate vote last night.  Now I know why it’s a dark day here today. […]