Outside the Beltway

Who knew terrorists had an H.R. Department?

Pot, meet kettle.

Mostly because of politics, the hopes of some and fears of others will never be realized.

Good intentions aren’t an excuse for failure to follow the law.

President Obama said today that he wants to move forward with closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay but there’s little he can do on his own.

A new report confirms that the United States did engage in torture in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

The candidates aren’t talking about the war in Afghanistan very much, but that’s mostly because the American people don’t want them to.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Marc Thiessen claims Khalid Sheikh Mohammad mocked the CIA interrogators who waterboarded him.

John McCain thoroughly dismantles the argument that Osama bin Laden’s capture vindicates the use of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

The Obama Administration has given up on the idea of trying the September 11th suspects in a civilian court. Considering how much that trial would have perverted the justice system, that’s a good thing.

The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee ends with the Defendant being acquitted on all but one charge, and shows us why the entire process is little more than a show trial.

The webmaster of a local Republican chapter linked a YouTube video that implies Democratic women are ugly.

Did the American media cover up torture by the Bush Administration?