Interior administers the contracts for civilian interrogators in Iraq??? What’s more, legal experts say, contractors for nonmilitary agencies such as the Department of the Interior may be able to escape prosecution for crimes they commit overseas because of an apparent loophole in the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. The law, passed in 2000, applies only to …

Continue reading ‘Smokey the Bear interrogates?’ »

“What did the president know and when did he know it?” a Republican senator — Howard Baker of Tennessee — famously asked of Nixon 30 springtimes ago. [snip] Having read the report of Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, I expect Baker’s question will resound again in another congressional investigation. The equally relevant question is whether Republicans …

Continue reading ‘Don’t forget Carl!’ »