http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 24 May 2013 04:16:24 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:16:24 Some key points I've noted:

--For a child (when captured)
--Testimony extracted under torture admisable
--It is now a war crime to attack a USA uniformed soldier in a war zone

And simultaneously at Gitmo, a secret Fed plea deal where the sentence for Osama's former cook is a state secret. Th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/160 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:07:36 Blue Cross of Texas might not be Wellpoint (most of rest are).

http://www.bcbstx.com/

Still, the creepiness is systemic. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/159 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:51:00 Testimony of Robin Beaton

My name is Robin Beaton, and I am 59 years old. I was a registered Nurse for 30 years.
I worked in a hospital, had insurance, and was in good health. I retired from nursing, and started
a small business. I got an individual policy with Blue Cross and Blue Shield ("Blue... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/158 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:27:38 Lawyers who make there be less words, remarkable.

3230 less words.

I had read this and bookmarked it on Reuter's own site.

That's from after the dateline/byline, etc., and cutting any stuff at the end. Just article text.

Disappeared.

So Wellpoint 3/4 killed the story is more like it.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/157 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:22:32 Now completely excised from the article is the moving story of nurse Robin Beaton.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/POLITICS/06/16/health.care.hearing/art.beaton.cnn.jpg

Reuters wire update states:

(Removes all references to Robin Beaton in first paragraph and throughout to reflect that th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/156 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:56:10 http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4412616626_8d454f577c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aclu/4412616626/sizes/m/

Yeah I know, they supported a narrow aspect of Citizens United on sound principle, throw them under the bus! :sarcasm:

Oh, on edit: a pretty good pragmatic argument if you ask ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/155 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:32:09 A Boumediene sequel bypassed
Geneva Convention at issue
Lyle Denniston | Monday, January 25th, 2010 10:19 am


Over the vigorous dissents of two Justices, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to clarify whether individuals in custody by the U.S. government may rely on the protections of the Gene... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/154 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:41:56 How about "the USA doesn't torture prisoners" numbnuts?

(I'll have to wade through the pdf tomorrow and see the brilliant reasoning why such a standard, long a part of our law and character, clearly MUST NOT apply to OLC lawyers. Ugh.)... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/153 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:37:41 extra points for waiting for the Tiger Woods Friday.

pdf of 69 page tortured discussion on torture is here: http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/pdf/MargolisMemo_021910.pdf?sid=ST2010021904308

Jan.5, so they've been sitting on this waiting for a particularly auspicious news dump Frida... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/152 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:31:47 Saw in last couple of days. Couldn't believe it, said some cruel stuff about Ted. Basically just non-sequitur for what I thought was an mostly interesting piece, out of the blue pissing on his grave.

Just figured out who she was via their transcript.

Midge Decter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/151 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:22:34 giving us all a clearer definition of the term numb nutz in the process.

Meantime, [a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/01/02/group_slams_chertoff_on_scanner_promotion/"]Chertof's clients
[/a] are very happy to have their expensive machines that basically don't do ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/150 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:50:40 http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006368... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/149 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:22:52 Sec. 3 Closure of Detention Facilities at Guantánamo. The detention facilities at Guantánamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order. If any individuals covered by this order remain in detention at Guantánamo ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/148 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:17:53 Source: [b]Wired[/b]

House Delays Patriot Act Spy Vote

# By David Kravets
# December 16, 2009 |
# 6:38 pm |
# Categories: Surveillance, politics

The House of Representatives tabled on Wednesday legislation to reform U.S. surveillance law. The two-month delay puts off a collision with... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/147 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:41:18 SETON HALL LAW RELEASES LATEST GTMO REPORT, "DEATH IN CAMP DELTA"

Seton Hall University School of Law’s Center for Policy & Research has issued a report, Death in Camp Delta, which finds dramatic flaws in the government’s investigation of three simultaneous deaths of detainees in Guantánamo Bay, ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/146 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:17:58 How Many Private Contractors Are There In Afghanistan? Military Gives Us A Number
Justin Elliott | December 2, 2009, 2:37PM

Private contractors employed by the Defense Department in Afghanistan will continue to outnumber the size of the American troop presence, even after President Obama sends 3... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/145 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:11:42 Both the CDC and WHO are no longer keeping track of fatalities, I thought I'd see what BBC has:

BBC:

28 July 2009
Swine flu: Country by country

(Map)

Confirmed cases 168,921

Deaths 1,049


Swine flu: Country by country

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the spread of s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/144 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:14:21 which the FBI missed by 3 days.

I can see Cheney et al. timing the military swooping into Buffalo on the 9/11 anniversary much like the "Mission Accomplished" fiasco and breaking Posse Comitatus for everafter in the PR climate of fear and 9/11 remembrance they so often worked to create.

Intere... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/143 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:33:58 Source: [b]The Associated Press[/b]

Censors come out at Gitmo war crimes hearing

By BEN FOX (AP) – 10 hours ago

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A reference to harsh treatment at CIA prisons brought out Guantanamo's censors Thursday as an official of the war crimes court abruptly cut the sou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/142 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:39:45 “Yuh. After 9/11, I haven’t written about this yet, but the Central Intelligence Agency was very deeply involved in domestic activities against people they thought to be enemies of the state. Without any legal authority for it. They haven’t been called on it yet. That does happen.

"Right now, tod... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/140 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:40:30 I've been convinced that will end up in the mix for a long time, especially when I read the Patriot act and FISA statutes. That self imposed reauthorization deadline that had the WH going to Ashcroft in the hospital, well whatever the period was (45 days?) matched sneak and peak in FISA.

That's b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/141 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:39:01 in social psych is of course a huge topic.

Personally I think it's a measurable trait or value. With a possible consequence being that if you build your society around self-interest, greed and competition, you are extinguishing altruistic motivations.

The OP's hostile bystanders have cognitive... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/139 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:33:58 http://www.switchstudio.com/waterkeeper/issues/Winter%2007/images/billions.jpg


Thermal Pollution
This 1988 thermal image of the Hudson River highlights temperature changes caused by discharge of 2.5 billion gallons of water each day from the Indian Point power plant. The plant sits in the uppe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/137 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:22:54 :kick:

(Tarrytown, NY) On June 22, 2009, The Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled in favor of Riverkeeper and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and dismissed Entergy’s petition to overturn a decision by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). That decision, r... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/138 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:20:09 Court Should Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Torture in Jawad Habeas Case, Says ACLU

Government Continues To Rely On Evidence Barred From Military Commissions Trial Of Guantanamo Detainee

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Snazzy/136 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:15:22