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And here are some facts for O'Reilly.
Making major news across the country in the last three years (though obviously not denting O'Reilly's monumental ignorance) were two major Supreme Court verdicts undermining the White House's attempts to limit habeas rights: Hamdi and Hamdan (both vs. Rumsfeld). Jose Padilla's case turned on habeas rights too, he was held for an extended period of time without being presented to a judge before the administration relented and tried him in court.
O'Reilly claims Bush did not allow torture, or do secret rendition, illegal wiretapping, or eliminate Habeas Corpus. When the facts show otherwise, of course Billy never let the facts get in the way when he is defending his favorite president, George W. Bush.
Billy sure has a short memory. A ruling by the Supreme Court in Hamdan that the President's interrogation and detention policies violated the law led Congress to enact the Military Commissions Act to legalize those policies.
The current policies of the Bush administration still include, in undiluted form, the Bush administration's theories of unlimited presidential power; the lawless powers of indefinite, due-process-free imprisonment even of U.S. citizens (as applied to Jose Padilla); the use of black sites; the asserted right to spy on Americans with no warrants or legal constraints. None of that has gone away. We just decided to accept it.
It is real easy to show that Bill O'Reilly is nothing but a spinning liar who is trying to cover for the Bush administration, while at the same time calling anyone who points these facts out, Anti-American, as in Bruce Springsteen. He used to call them un-American traitors, but he took so much heat over that he has now changed it to Anti-American.
All you have to do is read these articles, then you will see what a spinning liar Bill O'Reilly is, and what a partisan hack he is for George W. Bush and the Republican party.
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
The debate over how terrorist suspects should be held and questioned began shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when the Bush administration adopted secret detention and coercive interrogation, both practices the United States had previously denounced when used by other countries. It adopted the new measures without public debate or Congressional vote, choosing to rely instead on the confidential legal advice of a handful of partisan political appointees.
www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/washington/04interrogate.html
The Latest Revelations of Lawbreaking, Torture and Extremism
As a country, we've known undeniably for almost two years now that we have a lawless government and a President who routinely orders our laws to be violated. His top officials have been repeatedly caught lying outright to Congress on the most critical questions we face. They have argued out in the open that the "constitutional duty" to defend the country means that nothing -- including our �laws� -- can limit what the President does.
www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/10/04/lawlessness/index.html
"This Government Does Not Torture People"
Under the broad mantle of national security, the Bush Administration has claimed exemption from the protections enshrined in our Constitution and defined in International agreements. Prisoners continue to be detained for years without acknowledgment of their whereabouts, without counsel. They are subjected to extremes of deprivation and torture.
www.huffingtonpost.com/rory-kennedy/this-government-does-not_b_67544.html
And then after all that is known and true, O'Reilly calls Springsteen Anti-American for telling the truth. He offers $25,000 to charity if the Boss will go on the factor and talk with Billy, yeah Billy he will, when hell freezes over. And Billy says if he don't come on the factor then you should not believe anything the Boss says, and called what he said iiresponsible.
So here is what Billy said, Springsteen's words are legitimate dissent, but if he does not go on the factor to discuss it, he is an iiresponsible Anti-America traitor. And Bush did not allow torture, or rendition, or illegal wiretapping, or allow eliminating Habeas Corpus for what they decide are enemy combatants, even though the Boss is exactly right, and Billy is lying to cover for Bush.
And that's what Billy calls a no spin zone, even though it's all partisan right-wing spin to cover for Bush, and attack yet another liberal for telling the truth. It also sends a message to anyone else that dares to speak the truth about the Bush administration, that if you do speak out you will be called Anti-American by Bill O'Reilly on his fake news show.
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