Reply #12: your final statement verges on bizarre

[OnTheOtherHand]

Furthermore, the unreccers offer nothing but the same tired old ad hominen attacks based off this misrepresentation and refuse to deal with the myriad cogent issues and concerns that this article justifiably raises.

Did you read bhikkhu's comment? At the moment it stands unrebutted.

I learned here years ago that sometimes it's wiser just to point out that an author has no credibility than to wade into specific reasons why the author is wrong -- because very few people will take the time to engage the specifics.

When people on one side offer facts, while people on the other congratulate themselves on their edginess, in my experience that often reflects the actual balance of the underlying evidence, not just the personalities involved.

The Obama administration should be subject to careful scrutiny. I don't see anything careful about simply averring: "The Obama regime opposes military detention, because detainees would have some rights." Citing lots of sources doesn't, per se, help to prove that point.