Yet another news post...
First off, Fema's hurricane relief fund has had about a billion dollars in fraudulent expenses charged to it. Not only can this organization not put in good safety precautions given adequate warning, it can't even seem to give out aid after disasters strike. I hope they get a good overhaul and turn into a useful and capable Agency.
Also, the Bush administration has finally acknowledged that Guantanamo Bay might hurt the US's image abroad, and expressed a desire to shut it down. However, it won't be shut down in the foreseeable future, because there isn't another place to send the prisoners (they're not related to the US in any tangible way, so they shouldn't be tried in US courts, but if they're shipped to their original countries, they will likely be tortured. This is what you get when you hold people from other countries for several years without charging them with a crime, let alone giving them a trial.). However, the Supreme Court is going to rule on the constitutionality of holding these people at Guantanamo Bay later this month, and they will hopefully aver that it is unconstitutional. We shall see.
Also, the Bush administration has finally acknowledged that Guantanamo Bay might hurt the US's image abroad, and expressed a desire to shut it down. However, it won't be shut down in the foreseeable future, because there isn't another place to send the prisoners (they're not related to the US in any tangible way, so they shouldn't be tried in US courts, but if they're shipped to their original countries, they will likely be tortured. This is what you get when you hold people from other countries for several years without charging them with a crime, let alone giving them a trial.). However, the Supreme Court is going to rule on the constitutionality of holding these people at Guantanamo Bay later this month, and they will hopefully aver that it is unconstitutional. We shall see.