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By: Glenn Carle’s Terrorism Confession. : NO QUARTER

Glenn Carle’s Terrorism Confession. : NO QUARTER — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:30:24 +0000

[...] arrives at the same conclusion as FBI interrogators Ali Soufan, Dan Coleman and Jack Cloonan, who also successfully elicited key intel from terrorist suspects. It is only the desk jockies and [...]

By: James Guglielmino

James Guglielmino — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:58:20 +0000

Thank you, Larry. We have differed sharply on some matters. I am outraged that testimony occurred yesterday and the front page of my paper, The Kansas City Star, this morning featured “Kids menus are growing up” below the fold. (I’m OK with “Crunch time for health reform” but it should have been below the fold instead of the headline). NOT ONE WORD ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE AND COMPELLING TESTIMONY of Ali Soufan. I don’t know about the left blogs. I haven’t gotten there yet. Somehow, I suspected you would hit this issue hard. We don’t agree on everything. I still think your attacks on Obama are too snarky but we sure as hell agree on this. I do not believe that there has EVER been a greater threat to this nation than our leaders perpetrating torture and we clean this fetid garbage only be making it totally transparent and prosecuting those responsible.

By: bobwhite

bobwhite — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:06:09 +0000

There must be a distinction (regardless of what conventions, treaties, and accords we have signed, or what laws we have enacted) between Geneva parties whose uniformed soldiers, fighting under the lawful rules of war, are captured on the field of battle, and handled as POWs; and non-uniformed militia, hiding in kindergartens, stowing ammo in mosques, boobytrapping churches, shooting and knifing women and children, and beheading journalists and contractors and posting the beheading video on the web. If those who play by the rules are treated the same as those who know no rules, then why play by the rules?

Khalid Sheik Mohammed personally took credit for sawing off Daniel Pearl’s head. Waterboarding must seem quaint to an aninmal like this.

Larry, don’t confuse soldiers with animals, although most animals (except maybe cockroaches) deserve better treatment than K.S. Mohammed does….Get off of your high horse. Somewhere in the Middle East, some lovely animals are sharing a water pipe and chuckling over our self-righteous handwringing.

By: NomNomNom

NomNomNom — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:11:09 +0000

meant as post to jackie, don’t know how I put it here, sorry!

By: NomNomNom

NomNomNom — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:09:16 +0000

We really are turning into a police state across every level. it’s not just the big glaring things like the Posse Comitatus violations, but stories like this: a young Michigan woman calls 911 because her father, who had recently had brain surgery has had a seizure and is unconscious on the floor: she says “f#ck” to the policeman taking the 911 call; this gets into an actual argument and the cop refuses to call 911. She goes to the nearby police station to complain to his supervisor and make sure someone sends an ambulance and she is arrested.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/04/911-police-officer-r.html

By: jackie

jackie — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:05:50 +0000

The child had a negative reaction to sex ed films and the over zealous school called CPS. It was the 1st day of the child’s first mensus.

You make some very interesting comments and missed the freakin’ point.

Victims of Rape and other sex crimes are brutalized by the authorities and there is no out rage.

There is no out cry when a victim or alledged victim is physically and mentally abused so some CPS worker or police can feel powerful.

We as a citizenry must stand against all forms of torture. But first we must protect our most vulnerable.

By: jackie

jackie — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:59:54 +0000

She was not sexually abused

By: James (San Jose)

James (San Jose) — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:59:16 +0000

Great Post Larry, just one small nit to pick
It is capital “D” for the party and small “d” for the process. Thus “the Democratic Party believes in democratic elections.”

Other than that, yes torture is wrong and if Pelosi or Reid failed to perform the required oversight then they too should be frog-marched to the Hauge with Cheney and Bush. Law and Order, justice for all, No Quarter asked or given.

By: JozefAL

JozefAL — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:57:36 +0000

Your 10 year old child was an "alleged" victim of sexual abuse and you're more outraged over the police and CPS actions? Really? You're absolutely disgusting, you foul wretched piece of excrement. How was your 10 year old sitting in her "own menstrual blood" just an "alleged victim" of sexual abuse? (And, incidentally, WHY was she able to recite storylines from Law & Order if she was just 10? What kind of miserable parent would let a 10 year old watch something like that?) Go burn in hell.

By: JozefAL

JozefAL — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:50:40 +0000

Actually, during the Revolutionary War, “our” people were every bit as bad as the British forces, especially in the Southern Colonies. I just saw a piece on the Revolution and how it affected the Carolinas and Georgia, with many people taking sides solely out of how they’d been treated by self-described Patriots and Loyalists. If a group of Patriots wanted to recruit new people, the easiest way to do so was for one of their members pretend to be a Loyalist and go on a rampage and plunder and pillage; the victims of the terrorism would then be eager to join the Patriots. (The Loyalists would do the same.)
For the record, “our” people WERE the British. People living in the Colonies were British subjects just as much as anyone living in Glasgow, Cardiff, Liverpool or London, but without the Parliamentary representation. (One could make an argument that some people living in the British Isles weren’t much better off, even WITH representation, but I digress. . . .) Many in the Colonies were loyal to the Crown throughout the Revolution (see the history behind Chisholm v Georgia) and even some of the Revolutionaries only saw independence as a last resort.

By: JozefAL

JozefAL — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:32:29 +0000

Isn’t it amazing how so many “parents” are willing to condone evil actions (such as torture) because it might be done to their kids, end up being the same “parents” who would invariably ask, “Well if Jimmy jumped off the roof or ate a live cockroach, would you”?

By: foxyladi14

foxyladi14 — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:17:10 +0000

whooo hooooo.me too.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:47:25 +0000

If childbirth weren’t natural it would be so illegal.

By: JohnnyB

JohnnyB — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:01:27 +0000

Larry: Thanks for answering this idiot.

Now, justice must prevail. I don’t want to hear anyone saying “Let’s move forward”, because it is not possible without cleaning up our mess first, and that is prosecuting those responsible. I know, and you know, it goes all the way to the TOP. The Man.
We (the U.S.) holds others to these international laws, but we are not held to the same world standard? Another reason for people to hate us.
We are imperialists, invaders, occupiers, yes that is true from other perspectives. Prove them wrong, hold those accountable to our past high standards.

By: jackie

jackie — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:56:44 +0000

Before you get all wound up over the mistreatment of those who will commit murder and terrorism you need to know how Child Protective Services extracts information from children.

Before we wrap ourselves in moral outrage we need to look closer to home to see how the 4 & 5th ammendments to the Constitution have been reduced to toilet paper.

My child an alledged victim of Sexual Abuse was tortured for 7 hours at the hands of CPS and the Police. She was slammed into a wall and pinned there by a chair which broke her toenails. She was denied access to a restroom for more than 3 hours forcing her to sit in her own menstrual blood. She was told she would never see her family again if she didn’t “tell”.

She was 10. But they got their “evidence” no matter that they destroyed a beautiful outgoing little girl. No matter that she told them the story lines of Law & Order SVU just to make them stop.

Save your breath about GitMo and the Islamists that will whittle you head off if given the chance. Look closer to home and realize your rights have been demolished and there is no protection against false imprisonment. Your lawyer will tell you you have no hope of disproving the he-said-she-said and you are better off just going along so you don’t spend the max time in jail.

Truth is the casualty and there are no protections for the children against these atrocities.