Jul 08 2009

Military Commissions: theyre insane (UPDATED)

(9:00AM EST – promoted by Nightprowlkitty)

House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on: Legal Issues Surrounding the Military Commissions System



Wednesday 07/08/2009 – 10:00 A.M.(Eastern)

Here’s the list of Rep’s who are on this Subcommittee, includes mine (Jackson Lee).

Yes, Im reminding myself! On my way to bed. Will edit in the morning. If I remember! lol Should be on C-Span.

UPDATE: Missed it, couldnt find it and got busy. See below for updates from Greenwald’s column today.

Witness List

Panel I

Hon. Adam B. Schiff

U.S. House of Representatives

29th District, CA

Panel II

Lt. Col Darrel J. Vandeveld

Former Prosecutor

Guantánamo Bay Military Commissions

Deborah N. Pearlstein

Associate Research Scholar

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Princeton, NJ

Thomas Joscelyn

Senior Fellow

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Washington, DC

Denise “Denny” LeBoeuf

Staff Attorney

American Civil Liberties Union

New Orlean, LA

See also this article from this evening by Spencer Ackerman discussing the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing from this morning 07/07/09. Something to read while you’re waiting. heh.

UPDATE:

Okay, yay, Greenwald. See my comment down below, but I’m adding here. This guy is just nuts.

Spencer Ackerman yesterday attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to give a real trial in a real court, the President has the power to continue to imprison them indefinitely even if they are acquitted at their trial.  About this assertion of “presidential post-acquittal detention power” — an Orwellian term (and a Kafka-esque concept) that should send shivers down the spine of anyone who cares at all about the most basic liberties — Ackerman wrote, with some understatement, that it “moved the Obama administration into new territory from a civil liberties perspective.”  Law professor Jonathan Turley was more blunt:  “The Obama Administration continues its retention and expansion of abusive Bush policies – now clearly Obama policies on indefinite detention.”

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    • pico on July 8, 2009 at 08:41
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    This could be an important hearing, so thanks for the reminder.

  2. and cant find webcast now.

    Found archive of yesterday’s Senate hearing here.

  3. man, I hate it when I dont have time to write more…

    The Obama justice system.

    Insane.

    Spencer Ackerman yesterday attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to give a real trial in a real court, the President has the power to continue to imprison them indefinitely even if they are acquitted at their trial. About this assertion of “presidential post-acquittal detention power” — an Orwellian term (and a Kafka-esque concept) that should send shivers down the spine of anyone who cares at all about the most basic liberties — Ackerman wrote, with some understatement, that it “moved the Obama administration into new territory from a civil liberties perspective.”  Law professor Jonathan Turley was more blunt:  “The Obama Administration continues its retention and expansion of abusive Bush policies – now clearly Obama policies on indefinite detention.”

    Think Ill change my Essay title.

  4. hint hint

    wants to pick up the ball and post a new essay on this, that would make me happy.

    bunch of new posts today from Ackerman.

    Where did I read… someone said “you civil liberties people” might be interested… lol. WTF. How is it that … I mean, isnt every American a “civil liberties person” by definition? dont answer that.

  5. on the front page over there. yay.

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