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		<title>A Terrorist Victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration helps Ahmed Ghailani get away with 224 counts of murder. ]]></description>
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<p>A landmark court decision was handed down Wednesday in the case against Ahmed Ghailani, a Guantanmo Bay detainee accused of taking part in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. Ghailani, a Tanzanian national, was acquitted of all but one of the <a href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/June/09-ag-563.html">286</a> charges levied against him, most of which were for the murder of the 224 people killed in the embassy bombings. After a disturbed juror asked to be removed from the deliberation process last week, many feared that the Ghailani trial, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704648604575621144046448352.html">first</a> U.S. detainee trial to be conducted in a civilian court, would yield a hung jury. Few, however, predicted such a propitious verdict for the al-Qeada collaborator, an outcome which carries heavy implication for the Obama administration and its controversial quest to try Guantanamo detainees in the criminal justice system.</p>
<p>The trial took place in lower Manhattan before a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/17/AR2010111705663.html?sid=ST2010111706077">jury</a> of six men and six women. In addition to the murder (and attempted murder) charges, Ghailani, who is a former Islamic cleric, was also accused of conspiring with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Ghailani had been held in Guantanamo since September 2006 until being transfered to New York in 2009. The decision to try Ghailani in New York City &#8212; a “trial” balloon, if you will &#8212; was met with fierce opposition from both hawkish conservatives and heedful liberals alike. The trial proceeded for five weeks and the jury deliberated for five days before rendering its verdict.</p>
<p>Many are already claiming a victory of sorts for the Obama administration, and the Justice Department wasted no time issuing a written <a href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/November/10-opa-1315.html">statement</a> claiming to be “pleased” that Ghailani “now faces a minimum of 20 years and a potential life sentence for his role in the embassy bombings.” <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/nyregion/19detainees.html">Mason Clutter</a> from the Soros-linked <a href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2262">Constitution Project</a> declared, “The system worked here.” Did it? In all likelihood, the now-convicted terrorist will indeed face life in prison. Such glowing pronouncements, however, fundamentally misunderstand the broader &#8212; and more disconcerting &#8212; issue at stake.</p>
<p>A puzzling aspect of the Ghailani case is the one count for which the defendant was found <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jwOdtT_8w3KYy_A1iydtD6TrW6ng?docId=cb4a248249d44756a36c1fb177c4908f">guilty</a>: taking part in a conspiracy to destroy U.S. property. Prima facia, it is unclear how a jury could find someone guilty of conspiracy, but not, by extension, hold that person accountable for the deaths that resulted from that conspiracy.</p>
<p>In ordinary jurisprudence, the prosecution must prove intent beyond a reasonable doubt. In this case, the defense portrayed the defendant as an unwitting collaborator, or, as Ghailani’s attorney<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/17/AR2010111705663_2.html?sid=ST2010111706077"> Peter Quijano</a> put it:</p>
<blockquote><p>This innocent, naive boy was used as a dupe by his friends&#8230;Call him a pawn, call him a fall guy, but don&#8217;t call him guilty.</p></blockquote>
<p>The upshot is that, according to his defense team, Ghailani knew that he was participating in a concerted effort of some kind, but, hypothetically speaking, this does not necessarily mean that he was aware that what he was participating in was meant to have lethal consequences. At least the jury decided it could not determine intent to kill given the lack of probative evidence and the apparently successful obfuscation of the true nature of the defendant’s state of mind at the time the bombing occurred.</p>
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		<title>A Turn to the Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans claim the House with a historic 60-seat pick-up.]]></description>
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<p>After a long and often controversial campaign season, the mid-term election results are in and the Republican Party has much to be thankful for. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Republicans claimed the House of Representatives with a historic 60-seat pick-up, securing a majority of 235 to 181. Democrats retained control of the Senate after a six-seat loss to Republicans and a majority of 51 to 46, according to <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/2010/senate_final_results.html">RealClearPolitics</a>. Recognizing the chance for his party&#8217;s redemption, a tearful John Boehner, the man expected to become the next speaker of the House, acknowledged Republican missteps and entreated President Obama to pursue real bipartisanship. The emotion from Boehner was startling, but to be sure, the battle was hard-won.</p>
<p>Despite immense White House investment in Joe Sestak, Republican <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-pn-sestak-toomey-final,0,7879406.story">Pat Toomey</a> narrowly won the Pennsylvania Senate seat formerly occupied by Arlen Specter (<a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7276494.html">51% to 49%</a>). Both President Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden had made multiple trips to campaign on behalf of Sestak, but to little avail. While Sestak defended his support of the Obama administration’s policies, including his vote for ObamaCare, the congressman may have benefited more by taking a page from West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin’s playbook. Now Senator-elect Manchin, the governor turned heads by fully repudiating his public endorsement of ObamaCare and airing a <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021433-503544.html">campaign ad</a> in which he fired a rifle at a mock cap and trade bill, a measure which the president supports.</p>
<p>Perhaps more disappointing for the administration was the loss of the president’s former Senate seat in Illinois. Republican Representative <a href="http://kirk.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=48&amp;Itemid=62">Mark Steven Kirk</a> defeated Democrat Alexi Giannoulias in another close race. Although both candidates were plagued by ethical problems, Giannoulias’s close affiliation with Obama and the omnipresent Democratic establishment of Illinois were not enough to secure a victory against Kirk, a fifth-term congressman.</p>
<p>Two three-way races, both strongly influenced by the Tea Party movement, have commanded significant national attention throughout the election. Much to the Democrats&#8217; chagrin, rising Republican star Marco Rubio defeated both the Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek and Republican-turn-Independent candidate Charlie Crist in the race for Florida’s Senate seat. After losing the Republican primary to Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio, Governor Crist pursued the seat as an Independent and tried desperately to characterize Rubio as a dangerous right-wing extremist. In the end, Crist did not find the same success as Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski, who was also forced off the Republican ticket by a Tea Party favorite. Murkowski ran as a “write-in” candidate in the Alaska Senate race after being defeated in the Republican primary by the Palin-endorsed newcomer Joe Miller. After 70% of the vote had been counted, Murkowski led Miller by a four-point margin. Although a winner may not be officially decided for <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/good-news-for-murkowski-means-a-bunch-of-long-nights-for-alaska.php">days</a>, the situation looks very good for Murkowski, who would be Alaska’s first successful write-in candidate.</p>
<p>Despite widespread anxiety over unemployment and the economy, notable CEOs did not fare well against entrenched politicos in this year’s election. In the way of governors, Republican candidate Meg Whitman was defeated by Democrat Jerry Brown for California governor. Brown had previously served as California’s governor from 1975-1983 (and is returning for his third term) while Whitman was the former CEO of <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/127305-jerry-brown-beats-whitman-in-california-governors-race">eBay</a>. In Connecticut, Republican Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, lost the state’s Senate race to Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Blumenthal will be succeeding retiring senior Democrat Chris Dodd. Not to be overlooked, Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer of California maintained a close but comfortable margin over her Republican challenger, former Hewlett-Packard CEO <a href="http://www.carlyforca.com/about/">Carly Fiorina</a>. Although Fiorina had not yet conceded as of the predawn hours of Wednesday morning, Boxer enjoyed a five-point lead.</p>
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		<title>A Rally, but No Rival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money can buy a "grassroots" march, but it won't matter in November.  ]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;This is true democracy and good old-fashioned organizing at work,” declared Leah Daughty, <a href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=796">black liberation theologist</a> and organizer of the <a href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7602&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fpmdtn+%28FrontPage+Magazine+»+Discover+the+Networks%29">One Nation Working Together</a> march held Saturday, October 1st. The Washington D.C. rally was steeped in similar messaging: a progressive upswell is on the rise. Yet, with even a cursory look at the factors that made One Nation possible, Daughtry&#8217;s characterization is not just inaccurate &#8212; it’s laughable. Billed as a progressive counterpart to the populist Tea Party movement, the event in fact clears up any doubt over the well-funded, well-orchestrated, well-connected nature of the consortium of far-left organizations and activists in the country today. Grassroots on the fly isn&#8217;t that difficult of a feat.</p>
<p>Determining what exactly One Nation Working Together (ONWT) is, is a revealing process in its own right. Is it a rally? An organization? ONWT is noticeably evasive on this issue. The provenance of ONWT derives from the likeliest of left-wing wellsprings; the multimillion-dollar Tides Center. Not exactly an organization, ONWT is a “<a href="http://www.tidescenter.org/projects-impact/project-directory/project-directory-single/project/OneNation/index.html">project</a>” of the Tides Center, an organization closely affiliated with the equally well-provisioned Tides Foundation. Both are the brainchildren of radical activist and ACORN bailout-man <a href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1738">Drummond Pike</a>, and both have received millions of dollars over the years from <a href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=977">George Soros</a>’ Open Society Institute.</p>
<p>An enabler of left-wing astroturf, the Tides Center’s “<a href="http://www.tidescenter.org/programs-services/services/index.html">core</a>” service is providing “fiscal sponsorship” to progressive nonprofit startups. Although the center does not fund projects directly, Tides takes care of their management and administrative burdens. Projects are not independent entities in themselves, but rather “are” the Tides Center &#8212; as they put it &#8212; through which the projects/quasi-organizations receive the benefits of tax-exempt non-profit status.</p>
<p>As stated by the Tides Center itself, the ONWT project is clearly aimed at energizing and organizing far-left voters and the Left&#8217;s political infrastructure. The signature event, the ONWT march in Washington D.C., was designed to “lead into an intensive voter mobilization program for Election Day 2010.” Secondarily, ONWT is concerned with “push[ing] back” against the forces of “divisiveness and hatred” &#8212; i.e. the Tea Party &#8212; and offering a “healing alternative” to “summon people to a higher moral plane” &#8212; in other words, to present the facade of a grassroots counter-insurgence to rival right-wing populism. Not coincidentally, the project description makes special mention of the need to encourage voter participation from racial minorities, or as ONWT calls them “historically underrepresented groups and communities.” This demographic threw huge support to Barack Obama in 2008, but is not expected to make remotely as strong a turn out in the mid-term elections.</p>
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		<title>Peace or No Peace?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Israeli-Palestinian "peace" talks hang by a thread. ]]></description>
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<p>Despite international concern that fragile Palestinian-Israeli peace talks would derail following the expiration of a partial moratorium on West Bank settlement expansion, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/arab-league-to-meet-next-week-to-decide-whether-israel-palestinian-talks-should-continue-1.315802">revealed</a> that he would not walk away from the table if the moratorium was not resumed. Indeed, as the expiration time passed at 6pm Sunday evening, both parties remained engaged in peace talks &#8212; though for how long appears uncertain.</p>
<p>For <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/arab-league-to-meet-next-week-to-decide-whether-israel-palestinian-talks-should-continue-1.315802">weeks</a>, Abbas has threatened to abandon negotiations if the 10-month construction freeze is not extended. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to capitulate to the demand, noting that the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-0927-israel-settlement-freeze-20100927,0,216643.story">moratorium</a> was initially enacted as a concession to Palestinians, who did not even acknowledge the olive branch until almost a year later. The Israeli decision to allow the moratorium to expire is its signal that it does not view the peace talks as a process in which it is expected to meet every Palestinian demand while Palestinians continue to reject Israeli&#8217;s right to exist, wage terror against Israelis and preach hatred of Jews in their mosques, schools and media. As is tragically underscored by the Israeli <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083103717.html">death toll</a> that has been suffered at the hands of Palestinians, Netanyahu is interested in a peace deal only if it means securing an end to the endless Palestinian slaughter of Israelis &#8212; and to the Palestinian justifications for such slaughter.</p>
<p>&#8220;I say to President Abbas,” Netanyahu <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-to-abbas-as-settlement-freeze-ends-let-s-continue-talks-to-achieve-peace-1.315832">entreated</a> after the moratorium ended, “for the sake of our two peoples, let&#8217;s focus on what really matters. Let&#8217;s continue expedited and serious peace talks to reach a historic framework peace agreement within a year.&#8221;</p>
<p>But prospects of this do not seem to be realistic, even if peace talks continue, and even if they achieve noteworthy results. Just hours before the moratorium expired, a radical Palestinian group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3960202,00.html">declared</a> it would suspend membership in the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the umbrella Palestinian coalition which Abbas represents. The group stated publicly that it does not want to participate in peace talks and, furthermore, would not be “a cover for policies that would devastate the national cause.” It is an intriguing and honest declaration to be sure: the pursuit of a Palestinian state, which Israel is trying to usher the way for, would devastate the &#8220;national cause.&#8221; Once again it is clear that, as history has shown time and again, Palestinians are more interested in destroying the Jewish state than in creating their own.</p>
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