Comments on: Video: President Obama Speech on National Security, Torture, Guantanamo – May 21 http://allthatnatters.com/2009/05/21/video-president-obama-speech-on-national-security-torture-guantanamo-may-21/ ... a weblog of current events and constant comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » 'Self-Serving Propaganda'? No Problem on NPR http://allthatnatters.com/2009/05/21/video-president-obama-speech-on-national-security-torture-guantanamo-may-21/comment-page-1/#comment-265 FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » 'Self-Serving Propaganda'? No Problem on NPR Tue, 26 May 2009 20:51:21 +0000 http://allthatnatters.com/?p=1521#comment-265 [...] blogs about current president Barack Obama and former vice president Dick Cheney recently "attacking the policies of the other administration and defending their own positions in speeches." Even [...] [...] blogs about current president Barack Obama and former vice president Dick Cheney recently “attacking the policies of the other administration and defending their own positions in speeches.” Even [...]

]]> By: panamarick http://allthatnatters.com/2009/05/21/video-president-obama-speech-on-national-security-torture-guantanamo-may-21/comment-page-1/#comment-261 panamarick Tue, 26 May 2009 12:03:21 +0000 http://allthatnatters.com/?p=1521#comment-261 I think it is morally incumbent that we Americans risk it all for the sake of true justice. We can easily do that by abiding by this thought “better a hundred guilty men go free then one innocent man be judged guilty.” I think it is morally incumbent that we Americans risk it all for the sake of true justice. We can easily do that by abiding by this thought “better a hundred guilty men go free then one innocent man be judged guilty.”

]]> By: todd armstrong http://allthatnatters.com/2009/05/21/video-president-obama-speech-on-national-security-torture-guantanamo-may-21/comment-page-1/#comment-233 todd armstrong Sun, 24 May 2009 07:32:13 +0000 http://allthatnatters.com/?p=1521#comment-233 upholding the rule of law, supporting the constitution, closing guantanamo, banning torture, water boarding all good . . . however many agree that preventative detention is outside the law regardless of oversight. It makes sense that there is a type of detainee that can't be prosecuted but still poses a threat to america. Can't this be done w/in the confines of the Constitution? This will be a big debate and a lighting rod for those who oppose the president: strict constitutionalists and opposing partisans. upholding the rule of law, supporting the constitution, closing guantanamo, banning torture, water boarding all good . . . however many agree that preventative detention is outside the law regardless of oversight.

It makes sense that there is a type of detainee that can’t be prosecuted but still poses a threat to america. Can’t this be done w/in the confines of the Constitution?

This will be a big debate and a lighting rod for those who oppose the president: strict constitutionalists and opposing partisans.

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