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The Many Faces of Mark Kirk
December 04, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
What's fear got to do with it? When it comes to Guantanamo detainees, Illinois and House Rep. Mark Kirk -- everything. That is until you realize that the fear card isn't working. Rep. Kirk dealt from the bottom of the deck and got trumped by the truth when others balked at his gloom n' doom rhetoric. Now he's back-peddling and saying he wants a "dispassionate and specific" debate on detainees coming to a prison in Thomson, Ill. Hmm. Too little, too late for the man who thinks Chicago is about to become a Jihadi hot zone. Read More »
America’s Moral Authority
December 02, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
In President Obama's speech Tuesday he reiterated his pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and that America is against torture -- but what about stories of "black jail" sites in Bagram, Afghanistan? Read More »
Bad, Bad Bills
November 30, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Check out our round-up of various bills and resolutions meant to stop or stall any Guantanamo Bay prison detainees from coming to trial in the U.S. Read More »
Blog Round-Up 11/25
November 25, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
A look at what's the talk of the blogs going into the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Read More »
“Show Trial” and Tell
November 24, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
It's the new right wing buzz word, defaming our civil justice system by calling the upcoming stateside trials of terrorists and Guantanamo By detainees "show trials." The reality is that the only thing these trials will "show" is that we believe in our justice system and we aren't afraid to stand up for what we believe in. Read More »
Channeling Your Inner McCarthy On Gitmo
November 23, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Is McCarthyism making a comeback? We hope not, but when certain Senators like Chuck Grassley and Jon Kyl start "demanding" a list of names of employees in the Justice Department with ties to Gitmo detainee advocacy groups we start to catch a whiff of that old Salem Witch Trial vibe Sen. Joseph McCarthy was so fond. Have right wingers gone "snipe hunting" for the elusive "terrorist sympathizers" of the DOJ the way McCarthy went hunting for "Commies" in the State Department? Read More »
The Home of the Afraid
November 20, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! For some reason, fear is the only card right wingers know how to play on Guantanamo Bay. Who cares about justice, following the law or believing in our Constitution" It's easier to run around screaming like a Chicken Little Hawk with its head cut off. Read More »
Video: Scrooge and Gitmo In “A Tortured Carol”
November 18, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Check out our new video featuring Scrooge, Dick Cheney and the ghosts of Torture Past and Present. Read More »
Live Blogging AG Holder’s Senate Hearing
November 18, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
We're covering Attorney General Eric Holder's statements on Guantanamo Bay and other issues at today's Senate hearing! Read More »
Down Goes the Inhofe Amendment! (Thanks to You)
November 17, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
He tried and he failed. Sen. James Inhofe's attempt to delay justice for Guantanamo Bay detainees by denying the funds needed to transfer them died on the Senate floor today and we at New Security Action have you to thank. Read More »
AG Holder To Testify To Senate On Gitmo Trials
November 17, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
We're live blogging Attorney General Eric Holder's testimony to the Senate tomorrow! Holder will be testifying on the Obama Administration's plans to move and prosecute Gitmo detainees in the United States. We'll be documenting every moment on the blog! Read More »
Profiles In Hypocrisy: James Inhofe
November 17, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Sen. James Inhofe wants people to think his latest tirade against President Obama and trying Gitmo detainees in New York is about national security. Wrong. It's about politics pure and simple. All you have to do is look at Inhofe's record. He's whooping and hollering now, but throughout the Bush/Cheney Administration when 9/11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was being tried and convicted in the U.S. he was worried about "thuggish" environmentalists, debunking climate change and making English the official language. A matter of fact, until now, Inhofe has had little to say about ANY terrorist being tried in the U.S. -- foreign or domestic. And we've got the press releases to prove it. Read More »
Profiles In Hypocrisy: Rudy Giuliani
November 16, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Hypocrites. That's what so many conservatives are when it comes to Guantanamo Bay and the trial of detainees on U.S. soil. They cry. They moan. They say it's too dangerous. Yet when Zacarias Moussaoui, a 9/11 conspirator, was tried and convicted in the U.S. under the Bush/Cheney Administration Republicans weren't trying to stop the trail. They weren't tossing up bogus amendments to cut funds. They weren't on TV pitching a fit. They were saying ... nothing. Or in former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's case, they were praising the system for working. Funny how time (and a Democratic Administration) changes everything. Read More »
Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, others to finally face justice in NYC
November 13, 2009 | Posted by
Justice is finally coming for 9/11 victims as the Department of Justice announces today that Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and four other suspects will be tried in federal court in New York City. But right wingers are already on the attack using fear tactics to decry this latest move that would help close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Read More »
A Tale of Two Courts
November 12, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Right now the Department of Justice is trying to determine which detainees in Guantanamo (if any) will face civil trials in the U.S. versus military commissions at Gitmo. But having two forms of justice doesn’t work. Especially when one court is seen as so greatly inferior to the other. Sure, the Obama Administration made some changes to the military courts earlier this year to make them look a “little” more like the civil courts. But why would they do that? Especially when Republicans keep arguing that military commissions work so well? It's because they don’t. Read More »
Support Our Troops This Veteran’s Day
November 11, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
They fight everyday for us. They protect us. They defend the rights and privileges we enjoy every day. They support us, so Veteran’s Day is always a good time to remind ourselves that we need to support them right back. Read More »
Blog Round-Up 11/10
November 10, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Check out what others are saying about Guantanamo Bay online. Read More »
The Senator Who Cried Wolf
November 09, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
It's easy to manipulate the facts when you're pushing fear over reality, and that's exactly what Congressional Republicans and some Democrats are doing when it comes to Guantanamo Bay's inmates. They're dangerous! They're scary! Terrorists are too problematic and too horrific to be tried on U.S. soil! But there's a big problem with that argument: When it comes to terrorism trials on U.S. soil, that's a "been there, done that" situation. Read More »
New To You: Your New Close Gitmo Now Blogger
November 07, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Howdy all! If you haven't noticed, a lot of recent blog posts here on New Security Action have been penned by yours truly. I'm Danielle Belton and I'm the new blogger/online campaign manager for the site and I'll be keeping you updated online about Guantanamo Bay. So if you're on the Facebook, the Twitter or just checking out the blog, it's me you'll be conversing with, meeting and reading! Read More »
Graham Amendment Fails, Fight Against Gitmo Goes On
November 06, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
It’s good that some in Congress are finally pushing back at attacks by Senators Lindsey Graham, John McCain and their cronies to hurt President Obama and his efforts to bring justice to 9/11 victims. Thursday the Senate voted to table, effectively killing, an amendment by Sen. Graham that would have made it illegal to try 9/11 terrorism suspects on U.S. soil. Many saw through the Republican games and their Democratic collaborators and came out in support of the president and the federal judicial system. Read More »
