MISTER PADILLA MEET MISTER KAFKA

THE ENEMY COMBATANT yesterday is not one today, but could again be one tomorrow.  Words so arbitrary render language and justice lifeless.

Some legal analysts said the [Padilla] case was not moot because the government could later declare again that Mr. Padilla was an enemy combatant. The Justice Department said Friday that while such a move was possible, it was too speculative to say the case was not moot.

THE CURIOUS CASE of Jose Padilla continues to confound the norms of language and reality.  The government clutches his body even as its case runs through its hands. 

ON OTHER FRONTS in the endless night, "counterterrorism" continues. 

WE KNOW where you are, even if you don't know it.

"THE DISAPPEARED" fade to a further black, an obsidian oblivion beyond all hope.  Despair alone may feed them.  Some may not sample even a sip from the cup of justice.  A moral anarchy spills upon us.

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[Gary Boatwright]

Check out the top rated diary at dkos The Biggest Scandal Ever!

This concise summary from Dave at Seeing the Forest. Incredible, but apparently true:

The. Biggest. Scandal. Ever! Phony Front Companies Cycle Millions Back to GOP!

Here's how it works. Set up phony front-companies and call them "defense contractors." Republicans in Congress "earmark" hundreds of millions in contracts for these companies into budget bills. The companies are really just fronts that shuttle the money to The Party and its infrastructure organizations, which use the money on campaign ads, etc. for Republicans.

Sound illegal? So what? Who is going to investigate? The Republican Justice Department? The Republican Congress? News organizations owned by defense contractors like GE? Fat chance.