Just as we predicted, it constitutes another form of torture. John Stephenson’s got the story at STACLU. Meanwhile, Cuba would like very much to have Guantanamo back, now that Jimmy Carter’s back in office.

Bill Whittle’s gone over to Breitbart’s Big Hollywood. Iowahawk’s already there, though what the deal is with Anorak, I don’t know, and he’s got Bolus and his own place. Some of the other writers there are quite good. I think that Jeff would fit in well, as the interest there is in representation and he’s a bit of a pop culture maven. Richard Fernandez is the only regular voice that

Or maybe, it’s like a gruntitlement: The massive recovery package has stirred consternation among Republicans who say their ideas are not being adequately considered. But Democrats have a comfortable majority in the House and stressed that fact in a talk with reporters. “If there is somebody who is disgruntled, so be it. But we will have an overwhelming vote,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. She and more than a half-dozen

From a story improbably datelined San Juan, Puerto Rico: Before he was released from Guantanamo, a Saudi detainee insisted he had only wanted to help refugees and was not a fighter. Now, as an al-Qaida field commander sporting a bandolier of bullets, he is threatening the United States and has been hailed by a militant Web site as a veteran guerrilla and “a fomenter of war.” I blame the System,

Why isn’t this guy’s name revealed in the article? The CIA’s station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least two Muslim women who claim he laced their drinks with a knock-out drug, U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News. Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam, was ordered home by the U.S. Ambassador,