Saturday Morning Tabs
Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, August 10, 2024
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Well if nothing else, scrolling through the tab links gave me a few chuckles. Especially the thought of the former Chucklehead- in- Chief and his running mate’s dismay at hell in Minnesota and the struggles of Vance actually having a real live 7-year-old in his life. The horror!
I remain astonished that the $10 million payout (that’s what I said) from Egypt isn’t a bigger story. It’s a bribe. A BRIBE.
People need to pay attention to this, and everyone’s like, eh, yawn.
Setting aside the question of whether the plea deal with the 9/11 conspirators was a good thing or a bad thing, isn’t the elephant in the room the fact that this case is still open in 2024? When were the defendants apprehended? When were charges first filed?
Is the real headline “Defense Secretary realizes that indefinite imprisonment without trial is probably the best outcome he can get for 9/11 conspirators”?
With regard to the gag order, can we get the Daily Double of both leaving the gag order in place AND suing Trump for slander for the things he said in violation of it?
@DrDaveT: As I’ve noted before, the mills of the American legal system grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly slowly. In the case of Trump it’s that the system grants all the due process the defendant can afford. In the case of the Guantanamo detainees, it seems to just be dysfunction. To a great extent, legacy of the Bush admin making up legal rationales as they went along and torturing the defendants.
Well, no one in power is going to admit that the only closure that they want is to have these people quietly buried in unmarked graves. Not a solution I want, but I understand why it appeals to “management.”
@gVOR10:
Exactly this. In my experience, if you poke someone with a stick enough times, they’re eventually going to rip it out of your hand and beat you to death with it.
After these people have been detained/tortured in Gitmo for more than a decade, they’re going to be about as safe to American interests (or, for that matter, any civilian around them) as a grenade with the pin pulled.