Posted on 01/21/2009 6:04:53 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
President Obama on Thursday will order the closure of so-called black sites, where CIA and European security services have interrogated terrorist suspects, under executive orders dismantling much of the Bush admistration's architecture for the war on terror, according to four individuals familiar with a draft executive order.
Mr. Obama will shutter "all permanant detention facilities overseas," the draft said, according to the individuals who asked not to be named because the orders have not yet been signed. There are at least eight such prisons, according to published reports. The Bush administration never revealed the number or location of the facilities, although several were said to be in Eastern Europe.
The individuals said there will be three executive orders. One will order the black sites closed and require all interrogations of detainees across the entire U.S. intelligence community to adhere to the U.S. Army Field Manual. The manual specifies a range of interrogation techniques that are not considered torture.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Note from email (redacted):
“President-Elect Obama has pledged to raise America’s standing in the world. And the best way to increase good will toward the U.S. is to return to the roots of what makes our country great: welcoming refugees from around the world.
With a sponsorship program, American families could volunteer to host a refugee in their home for a set period of time. With such a program, the U.S. government would retain the right to issue visas, but it would allow individual Americans to directly help refugees.”
Sounds nice and could be benign, but I’m concerned that this type of program could open the doors to an even greater influx of undocumented individuals - and I’m wondering how “refugee” will be defined.
Attacks take various forms. One form may be what happened in 9/11 or in London on 7/7. Another form may be of the more creeping kind. More and more muslims having lots of babies, converting people who are enthralled by the exoticism, import from countries already Islamic and employing Taqiyah (lies are okay if it benefits Islam as a whole),etc. Maybe you can’t call an attack, but they will take over anyway.
I am scared to death. Been there, done that.
“orgive me for saying this but Obama is setting himself up to be the first President to be Impeached for purposely weakening the US to terrorist attacks”
This is cool! That post crossed over from your alternate universe; In ours, the Congress is controlled by the dems in cahoots with turncoat republicans who would never think of such a thing.
Been thinking about this...why even mention this is news media? If he does this fine, it’s his prerogative albeit a horrible naive choice, but why advertise to the enemy and sayhey, don’t worry about it, we’ll just tickle you with our feather boas until you talk....sheeesh...
“This is hard to believe.”
OPINION:
Eli Lake is a good reporter.
Dems won’t be able to when the terrorists blow up the Capitol Building.
“why even mention this is news media?”
OPINION:
That’s a good question.
Maybe testing the political waters, a deliberate leak, an unintended leak, or something else.
It is not going to be benign. It is part of their plan. They will get ACORN to get them all voting cards and voite Democrat.
We have 25 million illegals bankrupting the country. California is bankrupt. They bailing out this and that. It cannot last. This is all part of the plan.
ooops, did I just call for burning down mosques?
[Forgive me for saying this but Obama is setting himself up to be the first President to be Impeached for purposely weakening the US to terrorist attacks]
The problem is that Obama thinks he can leave a vacuum wherever he goes and it will somehow NOT be filled with evil people. Iraq pullout may cost half a million dead. Closing Gitmo and the CIA will cause American deaths.
Setting himself up indeed.
Yes,I know what you meant.
I just feel very uncomfortable about him having his whole family in the W.H. I don’t know why. One of those awful premonitions I get now and then.
Maybe I’m remembering “Camelot”—the golden couple, their beautiful kids, everything perfect—and then the awful tragedy.
Guess I’ve seen too many Greek tragedies happen in too many lives. (I am very old, and have seen a lot.)
Who the hell is going to impeach him/ He is surrounded by all his buddies.
We'll all live to regret giving this f**king idiot the keys to the box of secrets.
It likely wouldn't be. And what more powerful wedge to end the US policy of non-negotiation?
If there is a big enough attack and Americans are pissed, believe me Douchebagocrats will turn on him faster than Ted Kennedy dropping to the floor due to a seizure.
Hiroshima, Mon Ami.
Hussein shows terrorists he will treat them like a kindly old lady...he ignores the terror experienced by America on 9/11. It is forgotten.
If we are nice to them, they will quit hating us.
Visualize whirled peas...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.