Geneva Conventions
A Pink Slip For Attorney General Holder?
Copyright 2011 Susan Stamper Brown
During a recent speech at the American Constitution Society (ACS), United States Attorney General (AG) Holder lauded our American civilian court system as “our most effective terror-fighting weapon.” Holder’s address, along with his whole AG career, reflects a flawed ideology that believes wrapping enemy combatants in the American flag will somehow steer them towards full disclosure. Read the rest of this entry »
New Gitmo Policy is Executive Branch Temper Tantrum
©2011 Susan Stamper Brown
Americans may be less safe today because the Obama administration made the decision to circumvent the Constitutional treaty ratification process by mandating that his administration would begin compliance with Article 75 of Additional Protocol I (API) to the 1949 Geneva Conventions “out of a sense of moral obligation.” Read the rest of this entry »