So here are two stories which caught my attention today, and they raise the question, what the hell is wrong with this guy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043002950.html
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The Obama administration is likely to reveal a closely guarded secret -- the size of the U.S. nuclear stockpile -- during a critical meeting starting Monday at which Washington will try to strengthen the global treaty that curbs the spread of nuclear weapons, several officials said.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043001120.html
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GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA -- The Obama administration is actively seeking a plea agreement in the case of Canadian detainee Omar Khadr to avoid trying someone on war crimes charges who was detained as a juvenile, according to senior officials.
The administration officials said that they believe they have a solid case against Khadr, who was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002, but that they fear his trial will undermine the validity of military commissions, which Congress modified in 2009 in an effort to extend more due process to defendants.
"This is not what you would choose to open with," said a senior administration official, speaking of a planned July trial for Khadr, who is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. Special Forces medic. "Khadr has become a cause, and this is not a case that will demonstrate the strength and validity of military commissions."
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).