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Bob Barr hails Obama orders on Guantanamo, torture, tribunals

By paulie on January 23, 2009 3:57 PM

Press Release from the Libertarian Party posted to IPR by Paulie.

Barr hails Obama orders on Guantanamo, torture, tribunals

Says steps start process to restore rule of law in America

Former Republican Congressman and Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Bob Barr, today issued a statement praising executive orders signed yesterday by President Obama ordering the closure of the military detention center at Guantanamo, restoring the practice of treating detainees according to legal norms, firmly stopping the practice of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques,” and doing away with the military tribunals that denied fundamental due process to detainees since their creation shortly after 911.…

Reason Magazine: Who’s Getting Your Vote?

By paulie on October 29, 2008 6:13 PM

As Campaign 2008 entered its home stretch, Reason Magazine asked a variety of policy wonks, journalists, thinkers, and other public figures to reveal for whom they are voting this fall, for whom they pulled the lever the last two times around, whether this is the most important election in their lifetimes, what they’ll miss most about the Bush administration, and which past president they’d most like to have waterboarded.…

Let’s look at the issues: The War on Terror

By Ross Levin on September 24, 2008 9:23 PM

Tonight, I will begin a series of posts entitled “Let’s look at the issues.” These will attempt to stay away from the superficial and divisive aspects of electioneering.Â…