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		<title>Torture quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/12/torture-quote-of-the-day-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mistreatment of enemy prisoners endangers our own troops, who might someday be held captive. While some enemies, and al-Qaeda surely, will never be bound by the principle of reciprocity, we should have concern for those Americans captured by more conventional &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/12/torture-quote-of-the-day-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For the kids (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/11/for-the-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(via BoingBoing) Update: A couple of comments suggested that if anyone wants to avoid the police state, they need simply choose not to fly. Aside from whether that is in any sense practical, I have different thoughts on the point &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/11/for-the-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>America falls for a trap</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/11/american-falls-for-a-trap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to read this op-ed by Ted Koppel in Washington Post. I think it nails it on every point. Excerpt below, but the full piece is worth your time. The goal of any organized terrorist attack is to goad &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/11/american-falls-for-a-trap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Secret America</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/26/secret-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post recently published a fascinating three part series describing the mind-blowing scale of secret intelligence and counter-terrorism operations in the United States in the aftermath of the 9/11 attach.  Did you know that 850,000 Americans have top secret &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/26/secret-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torture quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/13/torture-quote-of-the-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They [George Bush and Dick Cheney] should have been indicted. They absolutely should have been indicted for torturing, for spying, for arresting without warrants. I&#8217;d like to say they should be indicted for lying but believe it or not, unless &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/13/torture-quote-of-the-day-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama = Bush Light, part 3</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/06/17/obama-bush-light-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Stewart sets out chapter and verse on the failure of President Obama to follow through on his campaign promises to restore the rule of law in the &#8220;war&#8221; on terror. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon &#8211; Thurs &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/06/17/obama-bush-light-part-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/05/06/political-quote-of-the-day-31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think you’re going too far here&#8230; When the founders sat down and wrote the Constitution, they didn’t consider flying. Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC and de facto son of John McCain, speaking in opposition to a bill that would ban &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/05/06/political-quote-of-the-day-31/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When is a terrorist not a terrorist?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/06/when-is-a-terrorist-not-a-terrorist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon, points out that if a government asserts that someone is a &#8220;terrorist&#8221; that does not mean that the accused in fact is a terrorist. The idea that if a claim of &#8220;terrorist&#8221; is made means &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/06/when-is-a-terrorist-not-a-terrorist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another nuanced take on terrorism</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/09/another-nuanced-take-on-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Paul Campos joins the ranks of those who view our current response to threats of terrorism realistically and not emotionally. He notes the remote risk than any particular US citizen will be a victim &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/09/another-nuanced-take-on-terrorism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The reality of terrorism</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/01/the-reality-of-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am generally no fan of David Brooks. But his essay today in the New York Times is pitch-perfect. Essentially, he argues that Americans cannot rationally expect that all terrorist attempts can be stopped. Such perfection doesn&#8217;t exist in the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/01/the-reality-of-terrorism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Airborne terror (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/12/28/airborne-terror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems to me that the complaints about the failure to stop the most recent terrorist attempt on Christmas are valid. Valid in the sense that a sufficient warning had been provided to the US government to trigger at least &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/12/28/airborne-terror/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The decade in review</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/12/22/the-decade-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek summarizes the decade. Nicely done. By the way, they are also offering tech predictions about 2010. You might be interested in their number 1 prediction. (Hint: It involves Apple.)]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative of the year: Dick Cheney (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/12/21/conservative-of-the-year-dick-cheney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did anyone at Human Events notice what year it is? Salon thinks not. For most people, the year ending now is 2009. That&#8217;s apparently not true at the right-wing magazine Human Events; reading it Monday, you could be forgiven for &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/12/21/conservative-of-the-year-dick-cheney/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Sullivan on a fearless President</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/11/17/andrew-sullivan-on-a-fearless-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan makes an eloquent argument in favor of civil trials of terrorists. Read the whole thing, but here is an excerpt: When you listen to the Fox News right speak about this, they reveal amazing levels of fear. They &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/11/17/andrew-sullivan-on-a-fearless-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Look who is in favor of Gitmo detainees in the US</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/11/16/look-who-is-in-favor-of-gitmo-detainees-in-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And they are also in favor of civil court trial of terrorists. Who could they be? How about Grover Norquist (President, Americans for Tax Reform), Bob Barr (former Republican Congressman) and David Keene (Chairman of the American Conservative Union).  Oh &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/11/16/look-who-is-in-favor-of-gitmo-detainees-in-the-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>9/11 trial: American justice restored</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/11/14/911-trial-american-justice-restored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hold the trial of alleged 9/11 plotters in civil court, using American standards for criminal justice, and in New York, a scene of the attack, is an opportunity to show the world that our criminal justice system can handle the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/11/14/911-trial-american-justice-restored/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Remember</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/11/remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sign of the times: Standish, Michigan</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/02/sign-of-the-times-standish-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy is in very bad shape in Michigan. That is not news. One small town north of Detroit has been discussing one way to keep jobs in town.  In Standish, the State of Michigan had built a maximum security &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/02/sign-of-the-times-standish-michigan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration taking out more terrorists than Bush</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/01/obama-administration-taking-out-more-terrorists-than-bush/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama White House fires back at Dick Cheney over anti-terroism effectiveness: Responding to criticism from former Vice President Cheney that President Obama is making the nation more vulnerable to terrorism, the president’s National Security Adviser, Gen. Jim Jones (Ret.), &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/01/obama-administration-taking-out-more-terrorists-than-bush/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Politicizing homeland security</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/21/politicizing-homeland-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his new book, Tom Ridge claims that as secretary of Homeland Security he was pressured days before George Bush&#8217;s relection in 2004 to raise the national threat level. If this is true, it is inexcusable. After Osama bin Laden &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/21/politicizing-homeland-security/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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