tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post81702306435346308..comments2023-10-21T01:41:25.251-07:00Comments on Invictus: More Confusion on Renditions: The Role of Ostensibly Liberal BloggersValtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427976389098964420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post-1469934543450554872009-02-04T07:31:00.000-08:002009-02-04T07:31:00.000-08:00"Back to our senses" -- Thanks for looking again a..."Back to our senses" -- Thanks for looking again at this topic. You may be right about Morrissey. I only briefly glanced at his article. I decided there wasn't anything in it for me, and moved on. But I shouldn't have lumped in criticism of his piece with the others. However, when I accused Horton of taking on easy targets to set up strawmen men for his argument, I was thinking o Morrissey.Valtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427976389098964420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post-46006265545678912292009-02-04T07:08:00.000-08:002009-02-04T07:08:00.000-08:00Valtin - your research is laudable. You are right...Valtin - your research is laudable. You are right that whatever Richard Clarke says ought to be double-checked - and also that I overlooked the fact that domestic law (United States v. Alvarez Machain) appears to conflict with international law. <BR/><BR/>scribe wrote a diary at TL - http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/2/3/224911/2562 - that describes what type of rendition is permissible under international AND domestic law.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if Obama intends to perform renditions outside the scope of international law.<BR/><BR/>As far as my characterization of Ed Morrissey goes, I believe he is indeed ridiculously misinformed (I would not apply the same characterization to other opponents of rendition, such as yourself or Amnesty Intl). His suggestion (and Moe Lane's) is that Obama WILL perform renditions to torture, as opposed to renditions into the US criminal justice system. Obama's executive orders preclude that.back_to_our_senseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538669600104594646noreply@blogger.com