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Is It Seditious to Oppose Drone-Killing? If So, Count me as a Seditionist

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“While Senator Rand Paul’s drone filibuster will not restrain the Obama administration’s use of drones to carry out targeted killings of alleged terrorists and militants, it has laid bare an interesting alignment on the political landscape.  Some nominally liberal commentators, such as Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift, accused Senator Paul and other opponents of the drone program of inciting sedition.  America was founded on principled hostility to power, not unqualified submission to it. The Founders most likely wouldn’t recognize as Americans people who would entrust the president with the power of discretionary killing.”

http://prolibertate.us/index.php/is-it-seditious-to-oppose?blog=7

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Anthony Gregory: Obama’s Persecution of Bradley Manning

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“The word ‘hero’ is thrown a lot quite a bit, but Manning surely fits the bill. He put his life and liberty at risk to expose what he viewed as very wrong. He exposed the mistreatment of prisoners and murderous strikes conducted by the Bush administration in Iraq and the Obama administration in Afghanistan. He has already paid a price most of us will never know, and the rest of his life he might very well be destroyed. He sacrificed everything for his country, for innocent victims of the U.S. government, and for the cause of truth.  His best hope might be that some day a president pardons him.”

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=3572

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McCain calls Paul, Cruz, Amash ‘wacko birds’ after CIA director filibuster

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“Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is continuing to criticize his fellow Republicans for their filibuster of incoming CIA Director John O. Brennan over drone policy. In an interview with the Huffington Post, McCain referred to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) as ‘wackos.’  McCain and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) took strong exception to the filibuster, saying they support the possible use of drones to prevent terrorist attacks anywhere in the world. Some Republicans have privately worried that the high-profile stand, while garnering a lot of positive attention, will ultimately be bad for the party.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/08/mccain-calls-paul-cruz-amash-wacko-birds/

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Obama won’t push Middle East peace initiative in Israel trip

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“President Barack Obama on Thursday signaled there would be no big Middle East peace initiative on the table when he arrives in Israel later this month for his first visit as US leader.  Officials have styled the trip as an effort to reconnect with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he had a delicate relationship during his first term and to coordinate on key issues like Iran and Syria.  ‘The President reiterated America’s unshakeable support for Israel and thanked the leaders for role they play in strengthening ties between the two nations,’ the official said.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/07/obama-wont-push-middle-east-peace-initiative-in-israel-trip/

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Democratic senator votes against CIA nominee: Too many Bush-era policies continue

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“Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon voted against John Brennan’s nomination to be the next director of the CIA, saying he was too cozy with the policies of the Bush administration.  Merkley listed warrantless wiretapping, the lack of rights given to those deemed ‘enemy combatants,’ and the use of drone strikes as his primary concerns. The Democratic senator doubted that Brennan, who has defended warrantless wiretapping, would alleviate his concerns.  Brennan has been closely associated with the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries. In a 2012 speech, he insisted the practice was legal.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/07/democratic-senator-votes-against-cia-nominee-too-many-bush-era-policies-continue/

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Wheel Of Distraction

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McCain blasts Rand Paul’s filibuster as a ‘political stunt’

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“Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tore into Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) ‘ridiculous’ 13-hour filibuster, chastising the junior senator for a speech that was ‘not helpful’ and not in keeping with Republican orthodoxy on the terror war.  McCain also quoted from a Wall Street Journal editorial that mocked Paul. ‘If Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do more than pull political stunts that fire up impressionable libertarian kids in college dorms,’ the editorial jibes.  Still, McCain emphasized that ‘if someone is an enemy combatant, that enemy combatant has nowhere to hide: not in a cafe, not anywhere.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/07/mccain-blasts-rand-pauls-filibuster-as-a-political-stunt/

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Will Grigg: The Stalinist in the White House

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“Until the filibuster staged by Senator Paul – who, despite his plentiful shortcomings, has proven that he has learned much from his heroic father – no Senate Republican had rejected the Stalinist premise that the President can order the summary execution of U.S. citizens. What about the Professional Left – the people who, like then-Senator Obama, were so agitated over the Bush administration’s crimes against the Bill of Rights? They’re too busy debating such weighty matters as the proper honorific by which to address the Dear Leader, or helping the Southern Poverty Law Center draw up ‘kill lists’ of domestic ‘extremists.'”

http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-stalinist-in-white-house.html

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Obama promised to close Guantánamo. Instead, he’s made it worse.

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“The 44-year-old British resident and father of four has spent over 11 years incarcerated at Guantánamo despite being cleared for release as early as 2007. To this day never charged with a crime, Aamer is just one of hundreds of detainees who remain imprisoned in Guantánamo. Despite running on an explicit campaign promise to shut down the island prison which has become a symbol of the abuses of the ‘war on terror’, President Obama has continued to preside over its operation.  And by recent accounts, under his tenure, the conditions for prisoners there – from both a physical and legal standpoint – have become markedly worse.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/07/obama-promised-to-close-guantanamo-instead-hes-made-it-worse/

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North Korea and the United States: Will the Real Aggressor Please Stand Down?

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“This historical context results in North Korea taking the threats of the United States very seriously. It knows the US has been willing to kill large portions of its population throughout history and has seen what the US has done to other countries.  In 2003, Libya halted its program to build a nuclear bomb in an effort to mend its relations with the US.  Then last year Libya was overthrown in a US-supported war and its leader Moammar Gadhafi was brutally killed. While calling for a world without nuclear weapons, President Obama has instead continued Bush’s plan and  has increased the budget for nuclear weapons.”

http://antiwar.com/blog/2013/03/05/north-korea-and-the-united-states-will-the-real-aggressor-please-stand-down/

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