Not Good News

Uh-oh.

Crime branch has also recovered several fake identity and credit cards from the belongings of dead terrorists. "All the cards are in different names and of different banks. Now we are at least trying to figure out how they procured credit cards from various banks.'' said Maria. The recovery of so many cards with different names have led Mumbai police to suspect the involvement of ISI.

If Pakistani intelligence were involved in the Mumbai terrorist attacks things could get very nasty on the sub-continent.

Waterboard Down

I don't know if you have seen this yet, but Mark Bowden of Black Hawk Down fame has an interesting take on the issue of waterboarding.

In the unlikely event that Zubaydah knew nothing of value and that every bit of information he divulged was false, it was still reasonable to assume in 2002 that this was not the case. If his interrogators were able to stop one terror attack by waterboarding him, even if they violated international agreements and our national conscience, it was justified. All nations have laws against killing, but all recognize self-defense as a legitimate excuse. I think the waterboarding in this case is directly analogous, except that Zubaydah himself, although he richly deserves it, was neither killed nor permanently harmed.

In the unlikely event? So we only need a strong suspicion to justify torture?

I also reread this recent post, and its seems Sullivan has indeed tapped the vein of logic with regard to what "enhanced interrogation" means. As long as it only scares the living shit out of the "suspect" then we can claim: No harm, no foul. Jesus! What is this? A pickup basketball game?

Welcome to America!

It looks like Homeland Security storm troopers are doing a good job of keeping terrorists out of the country. Especially those terrorists from Iceland! Read this account from one of those hated scoundrels:

During the last twenty-four hours I have probably experienced the greatest humiliation to which I have ever been subjected. During these last twenty-four hours I have been handcuffed and chained, denied the chance to sleep, been without food and drink and been confined to a place without anyone knowing my whereabouts, imprisoned.

That'll teach those people to come here and shop. Damn it!

Banana Republic:

"A pejorative term for a [North or South] small, often Latin, American, Caribbean or African country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture, and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy and corrupt clique".

Fixed!

Shame and Degradation

The former Cheerleader and his band of war criminals blemished the traditions of justice with insane policy and the mistreatment of detainees at Gitmo. Here's a little reminder of the cost.

First It Was the Nanny Staters

You know. The absolutely insufferable sissies who need to be saved from themselves. They want your rich Uncle in DC to protect themselves from all their stupid fucking decisions. You know, like smoking too much, drinking too much, eating too much and any other idiotic thing one does in a fit of other worldly stupidity. But alas, we weren't satisfied with a hatchet wielding nanny ready to castrate you every time you did something so fucking stupid Al Sharpton's perm straightened out.

Now we have the Daddy Staters. People in such abject fear of dying at the hands of a terrorist that they are willing to sit in traffic for HOURS, eating Mexican pastries and getting sore-assed, while they are granted permission to re-enter their own country. Jesus H. Christ what the hell is wrong these cowards? The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave has no meaning with so many people now convinced by the criminals running the government in Washington that they should be treated like terrorists, so the real terrorist won't fuck up their Friday night commute. Jesus! The American Dream has slipped away at the hands of people who are afraid of their own shadow.

Here's my two cents. Citizens of Stalinist Russia never had to worry about terrorism. Joe Stalin was a murderous bastard and we are in trouble if we think these guys in Washington have our best interest and security in mind. We're just trading the terrorists we don't know for the terrorists we do know.