The accused September 11 “mastermind”, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is like a bad case of indigestion that just won’t go away. After almost ten years of captivity at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, KSM still has neither been formally arraigned nor brought to trial. In this case the concept of Habeas Corpus has apparently been permanently suspended due to KSM’s status as a prisoner of war. Senior Obama Administration officials are now recommending the KSM be prosecuted in a military trial, reversing a prior decision to hold a …

Once again, a line seems to be drawn in the sand between Congressional Democrats and Republicans.  This time the issue is what to do about U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, and when to do it.  Things were certainly not made any better by former Vice-President Cheney’s accusation that Obama was “dithering” in making a decision.  To their credit, Republican leaders Orrin Hatch and John McCain were quick to distance themselves from Cheney’s remarks.  Most foreign policy experts within the Obama Administration and outside of government generally agree that the ongoing conflict in …