Thursday, December 2

Newsie
The New York Times: On Campus, Hanging Out by Logging On
Looks like TheFacebook is getting some national recognition...

In other news...
It's been over three years since 9/11, and there are still 550 people being detained in Guantánamo who haven't had the right to a trial. It is true that "the United States is now engaged in a broader conflict with Al Qaeda, a terrorist organization that has a global reach" (Mr. Boyle, a government layer). It still does not make it right to hold a person for three years without trial. The current argument is over the "government's motion to dismiss the petitions of 54 detainees for habeas corpus that ask the courts to require the government to justify its detentions." So much for due process and being the land of the free.
To see the full article go to: nytimes.com

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