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Corruption at Guantánamo: Military Commissions Under Investigation

by Andy Worthington October 29, 2008

Last month saw the “reassignment” of Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, the legal adviser to Susan Crawford, the Convening Authority who oversees the Military Commissions at Guantánamo (the system of “terror trials” conceived by Vice President Dick Cheney and his close advisers in November 2001). Hartmann, who was appointed in July 2007, was removed from his post ...

Guantánamo: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?

by Andy Worthington October 27, 2008

In the real world, guilt and innocence are clearly defined, and those believed to be responsible for a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Since the 9/11 attacks, however, the U.S. administration has done away with such long-standing conventions. Under the guise of waging a “war on terror,” those in charge of America’s post-9/11 ...

Regime Change: Promise and Peril (video)

by Stephen Kinzer October 27, 2008

On June 6, 2008, Stephen Kinzer gave the following Speech at FFF’s conference Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety.

Meltdown at the Guantánamo Trials

by Andy Worthington October 24, 2008

Recent events at Guantánamo are turning out like some kind of Christian fable. A principled military officer — politically conservative and a devout Catholic — who served in Iraq, where he was “praised by his superiors for his bravery,” and was now serving his government as a prosecutor in a system of special trials conceived for prisoners held in ...

Government Is Already an Income-Transfer Machine

by Sheldon Richman October 24, 2008

Isn’t it a little late for John McCain and the Republicans to start worrying about government redistribution of wealth? McCain claims to be alarmed by Barack Obama’s tax plan, which would tax upper-income people in order to provide tax cuts to lower- and middle-income people, many of whom don’t pay income ...

The Curse of Visionary Politicians

by George Leef October 22, 2008

Much nonsense has been written about the great financial debacle of 2008, much of it deliberately crafted to confuse and mislead people into believing that it was caused by free-market capitalism. The truth is that this is the latest manifestation of our national curse — the curse of visionary politicians. That curse stems from our proclivity for electing politicians who ...

A Foreign Policy of Freedom

by Ron Paul October 22, 2008

On June 6, 2008, Ron Paul gave the following Speech at FFF’s conference Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety.

Omar Khadr: The Guantánamo Files

by Andy Worthington October 20, 2008

When is a child not a child? Apparently, when he is Omar Khadr, a 15-year-old Canadian who was shot in the back after a firefight in Afghanistan in July 2002. Omar has been in U.S. custody ever since, first at a prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, and for the last six years in Guantánamo. Disturbingly, he has ...

Economic Liberty Lecture Series: Austrian Economics and the Present Crisis

by Peter J. Boettke October 17, 2008

On October 6, 2008 at the inaugural lecture for The Future of Freedom Foundation’s “Economic Liberty Lecture Series,” Pete Boettke analyzed the current credit crisis from an Austrian perspective. No one is more qualified and the lecture series could not have started better.

Obama Should Oppose Preventive Detention

by Sheldon Richman October 17, 2008

Speculation is rampant over what will be President-elect Barack Obama’s first bold move when he takes power January 20. Will he bail out Detroit? Will he move to revamp the health-care system? Will he unveil a comprehensive plan to revive the economy? Here’s a good way to start, Mr. Obama: categorically oppose preventive detention. According to the New ...

An Echo, Not a Choice

by Sheldon Richman October 17, 2008

Both major presidential candidates support the taxpayer bailout of Wall Street. They are just arguing over how to do it. If anyone hoped the presidential campaign would be a debate about political philosophy, the role of government, and such things forget it. This is a debate over which man John McCain or Barack Obama should be given virtually unlimited power ...

Losing Liberty in the War on Terrorism (video)

by Bart Frazier October 13, 2008

On June 6, 2008, Bart Frazier gave the following Speech at FFF’s conference Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety.