Presidential Power

Im comfortable with the amount of power the president has. With the checks and balances of the other branches the presidents power is limited. But even though i am comfortable i feel that we should go back to the way the founding fathers had designed the presidents power to be. The presidents power has increased a ton since then and i feel our government would be better off the way it intended the presidents power to be like.

WikiLeaks releases U.S. Messages

WikiLeaks released various articles having to do with the U.S. Foreign Policy and other various topics. The articles gave information as to what our country was really doing, the type of things that the people dont get to hear about. I personally am glad that the information was released. I feel that in a democracy, if the people truly do rule, then we should hear as to what our country is being involved in.

Senior Administration Official Defends Ghailani Trial

Jake Tapper, a Senior White House Correspondent, was defending Ghailani's trial verdict after he was acquited of most of his charges. He will be sentenced to 20+ years due to the one charge, but Jake Tapper was saying how convicting him of more charges, that he probably should have been convicted of, would not have changed the sentence. I personally feel that it would have definetly changed the sentence given and feel that he should be sentenced to life.

Faith as an excuse for crime.

Brian Mitchell is being accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart at the age of 14 and taking her across state lines for sex. He says that he was given visions from God to do these things. His lawyers say his religious beliefs were delusions, that their client was insane and therefore cannot be held responsible for his actions. I personally feel that this is questionable, and that its more of a scapegoat for men convicted of serious crimes. Unless medical proof is provided that he really was insane before kiddnapping the girl then I feel that the excuse should be discarded and should be held resonsible for their actions.

Landmark in Terrorism Trial

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was acquitted Wednesday of all but one count of conspiracy-related charges in a landmark civilian trial involving the first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in civilian court. I personally feel that individuals suspected for terrorist attacks against the U.S and other various country's dont deserve a trial as if they are civilians. Ahmed was accused of conspiracy and murder in the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The bombings, for which al Qaeda claimed responsibility, killed 224 people, including a dozen Americans, and wounded thousands of others and i feel that he deserves a different form of conviction because it gives him an easier chance to be set free.

US created "safe haven" for Nazis in recently discovered report.

In a report recently found The United States created a safe haven for some Nazis after World Ward II, granting them entry even though government officials knew of their pasts, according to a U.S. Justice Department report in todays News York times. i personally feel that it was wrong for our government to grant entry of Nazis who had a significant effect on the War and the Holocaust. After so many of our men died in Europe we let the men who killed them and many others entry into our country without any persecution. Its as if today  we were to let terrorists who were involved in 9/11 to walk right into our country.