White House & GOP 3 compromise–but how? (UPDATED AGAIN)
September 21, 2006, 5:09 pm
Posted by Grant Gallicho
Yes, they’ve reached an accord on the interrogation bill, they say (the president’s 90-second commentary is viewable in this story). But what kind? What is the nature of the agreement? Why are McCain, Graham, and Warner now satisfied? Details remain scarce.
Update: The text of the “compromise” is available here (warning: PDF), and Balkinization has a round-up (and text if you’d rather avoid the PDF) well worth reading.
Update 2: The New York Times editorializes on the “compromise.”
Update 3: Adam Liptak’s Times piece on the deal, complete with graphic.
Patrick Lang has posted this brief account of “What is interrogation.” Looks to be some distance from what the U.S. Senate is pondering.
Take a look: http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2006/09/what_is_interro.html#more
I haven’t seen anything on dotCommonweal about how the compromise bill on military tribunals would strip Guantanamo detainees of habeus corpus rights. It’s shocking, and it ought to be discussed here and everywhere else.
For some excellent commentary, see various posts on the top page at Obsidian Wings.
http://obsidianwing.blogs.com