Marc Thiessen defends the “al-Qaeda 7″ attack ad by likening the attorneys who defended detainees in Guantanamo, as well as José Pedilla, John Walker Lindh, and others to “mob lawyers” and “drug cartel lawyers.”
Setting aside the obvious point that even mobsters and drug lords deserve representation in a court of law, we should not get [...]

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People — queer or straight — who support social equality for sexual and gender minorities tend to consider the subjects of their advocacy as whole people. For instance, one might think of a married couple of gay men as two goofy dudes who listen to Heavy Metal and play video games, like Brian and Steve [...]

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Roger Cohen observes that “the current accountability void for U.S. targeted killing is unacceptable.” Where to begin?
For one thing, the “accountability void” for U.S. violence in general is pretty unacceptable, too. Like, say, Gitmo. Or torture. Or illegal wars. Or the hiring of mercenaries. The mercenaries themselves. I could go on…
So really, Roger Cohen is [...]

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“So, if the President wants to crush the testicles of a terror suspect’s child, waterboard the dude, then kill everyone in his home town because they might be full of hostile insurgents, that’s cool with you?”
“Sure. What the fuck.”
“Is there a legal theory behind all this?”
“Well…yeah. I just told you.”
“…?”
“What the fuck. It’s the Why [...]

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Dick Cheney will waterboard you now.
Spread the joy…

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