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Just last month, for example, on the eve of trial, prosecutors suffered a major setback when the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court, barred them from using an important witness against Mr. Ghailani because the government had learned about the man through Mr. Ghailani’s interrogation while he was in C.I.A. custody, where his lawyers say he was tortured.
The witness, Hussein Abebe, would have testified that he had sold Mr. Ghailani the large quantities of TNT used to blow up the embassy in Dar es Salaam, prosecutors told the judge, calling him “a giant witness for the government.”
The government also chose not to introduce statements Mr. Ghailani made when he was interrogated while in C.I.A. custody and at Guantánamo, although prosecutors said the statements amounted “to a confession” of his role in the embassy plot. Defense lawyers argued that the statements had been coerced and were inadmissible.
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via Acquittal on All but One Charge for Ghailani, Ex-Detainee – NYTimes.com.
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Crooked Obama Makes New Move to Nationalize Healthcare
Obama, not just the latest liberal president who truly doesn’t care for the American soldier, this one’s more dangerous than those who came before. Quite an accomplishment.
My wife just brought this article to my attention. Obama’s trying to be sneaky yet again with back-door manipulation toward socialized healthcare. If private insurance pays for veterans, as opposed to the government, all premiums will rise and all policies will feel the impact. Obama wants you to hate private medicine without knowing he’s to blame for it, so you’ll swallow the cyanide on demand. Don’t be fooled by his dirty Chicago parlor tricks.
The leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization says he is “deeply disappointed and concerned” after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.
“It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan,” said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. “He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it.”
The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, “This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ‘ to care for him who shall have borne the battle’ given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm’s way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America’s veterans!”
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Read the full article here.
Fox Blog: Is Obama The New Coke?
My wife brought an entertaining piece to my attention the other day entitled “Is Obama The New Coke”
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There are two basic scenarios for Brand Obama at this point.
One, the electorate thought they were getting one thing in Obama and instead got something very different. In other words, they wanted the change he said he would bring, but dislike the change he is actually bringing and actually believes in. In this scenario, Obama is what he is and simply won’t be able to adapt to what the Target Market demands –this spells a short stay — one term — in the White House.
Two, Obama is the change the electorate wants and he is capable of embodying this change. But the president has lost sight of his Target Market’s needs and is falling prey to inside-the-Beltway realities and left-leaning pieties and interest groups.
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Read the full article here. Clever observations.