Filibustering for your Constitutional rights

6 March 2013

 

 

H/T Revolutionary Communications

 

via Rand Paul Review:

 

 

 

Related: Congressman Justin Amash on Facebook:

Have you been watching Sen. Rand Paul‘s heroic effort on the Senate floor? He is filibustering John Brennan’s confirmation as director of the CIA. And he’d be happy to stop—if Pres. […]

Brennan opposed 1990s attempt to capture bin Laden

Karen DeYoung The Washington Post 2/7/2013

(Jewel Samad/AFP)

 

A bit of news early in John Brennan’s testimony: Former CIA official Michael Scheuer has charged that Brennan, as chief of the CIA station in Saudi Arabia during the late 1990s, convinced the Clinton administration not to attempt an operation to capture Osama bin […]

Judge Napolitano on Obama’s Drone Strike Policy: ‘This Is the Power Claimed by Kings and Tyrants’

Fox News Insider 2/6/2013

…the Justice Department has “resisted in every forum” attempts to gain access to the legal opinions that the drone policy is based on. He said the government has persuaded judges that releasing the information could threaten national security.

“Suddenly it shows up in an NBC newsroom earlier this week! It could […]

Anti-Drone Bills Pass Virginia House, Montana Senate

Tenth Amendment Center Blog 2/6/2013

Bills that would limit the use of domestic drones in Virginia and Montana took an important step forward this week.

On Tuesday, the Montana Senate overwhelmingly passed anti-drone legislation.

Sen. Robyn Driscoll (D-Billings) introduced SB 150 last month. The bill would prohibit any state or local agency in Montana from […]

Quote of the day

5 February 2013

So, is it okay to pour water on a terrorist’s face if it’s dropped from an unmanned drone?

~Jim Treacher

 

 

 

Related: Here’s That Video of Touré Defending Obama’s ‘License to Kill’ Drone Strike Memo

Bush Could be Arrested Overseas Because of Admissions in His Book

Bush Could Be Arrested Overseas Because of Admissions in His Book…

…so claims a “human rights” lawyer.

Sun Tzu Big Peace 11/10/2010

The Daily Mail reports:

“George Bush could face arrest abroad after his frank admissions on waterboarding, a leading human rights lawyers has claimed.

Geoffrey Robertson said the former President was now at […]

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