I have this little fantasy about GWB. In it he has been asked a large number of little questions over the course of his “war of terror”(Great, now I’m quoting Borat). Each question alone is a minor concession. But when you look at the aggregate of these decisions, the results are not America. In my fantasy, W comes to Jesus on these things and puts it all right by undoing them, repudiating them and helps write laws that make it impossible to make the same mistakes again. Here is the list. The NYT article fleshes out the list, but I’m lazier than the writer.
- Restore Habeas Corpus
- Stop Illegal Spying
- Ban Torture, Really
- Close the C.I.A. Prisons
- Account for ‘Ghost Prisoners’
- Ban Extraordinary Rendition
- Tighten the Definition of Combatant
- Screen Prisoners Fairly and Effectively
- Ban Tainted Evidence
- Ban Secret Evidence
- Better Define ‘Classified’ Evidence
- Respect the Right to Counsel
- Close Guantánamo
Please, George, come bathe in the waters of Democracy. It will free your soul.