July 29, 2009
Shoe Bomber sues to resume his jihad from prison, Obama caves in
Yet another Which-Side-Is-Obama-On Alert: "Revenge of the Shoe Bomber: The terrorist sues to resume his jihad from prison. The Obama administration caves in," by Debra Burlingame for the Wall Street Journal, July 29 (thanks to Pamela):
Last May at the National Archives, President Barack Obama warned that more mistakes would occur if Congress continued to politicize terrorist detention policy and the closure of Guantanamo Bay. f we refuse to deal with those issues today, he predicted, then I guarantee you, they will be an albatross around our efforts to combat terrorism in the future.
On June 17, at the Administrative Maximum (ADX) penitentiary in Florence, Colo., one of those albatrosses, inmate number 24079-038, began his day with a whole new range of possibilities. Eight days earlier, the U.S. Attorneys office in Denver filed notice in federal court that the Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) which applied to that prisonerRichard C. Reid, a.k.a. the Shoe Bomberwere being allowed to expire. SAMs are security directives, renewable yearly, issued by the attorney general when there is a substantial risk that a prisoners communications, correspondence or contacts with persons could result in death or serious bodily injury to others.
Jihad Watch: Shoe Bomber sues to resume his jihad from prison, Obama caves in
Shoe Bomber sues to resume his jihad from prison, Obama caves in
Yet another Which-Side-Is-Obama-On Alert: "Revenge of the Shoe Bomber: The terrorist sues to resume his jihad from prison. The Obama administration caves in," by Debra Burlingame for the Wall Street Journal, July 29 (thanks to Pamela):
Last May at the National Archives, President Barack Obama warned that more mistakes would occur if Congress continued to politicize terrorist detention policy and the closure of Guantanamo Bay. f we refuse to deal with those issues today, he predicted, then I guarantee you, they will be an albatross around our efforts to combat terrorism in the future.
On June 17, at the Administrative Maximum (ADX) penitentiary in Florence, Colo., one of those albatrosses, inmate number 24079-038, began his day with a whole new range of possibilities. Eight days earlier, the U.S. Attorneys office in Denver filed notice in federal court that the Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) which applied to that prisonerRichard C. Reid, a.k.a. the Shoe Bomberwere being allowed to expire. SAMs are security directives, renewable yearly, issued by the attorney general when there is a substantial risk that a prisoners communications, correspondence or contacts with persons could result in death or serious bodily injury to others.
Jihad Watch: Shoe Bomber sues to resume his jihad from prison, Obama caves in
