My neices used to call me “The Pharmacist” out of appreciation for my varied knowledge of psychotropics, but even I cannot find in my inventory the pill to cure the cognitive dissonance (pace Sal).that is making my head explode.

Glenn Greenwald’s latest must read, confronts us with the newest version of the face of evil, and (Holy Shit!) it’s Prez!. (supported by the usual supects).

33 Guantanamo detainees fought their way to in front of a Judge; 28 were found to have been held with NO REASONABLE GROUNDS FOR THE DETENTION (It is worth noting that the standard for reasonably detaining is LESS than the familiar “probable cause” which is needed to search a suspect AFTER reasonably detaining him.)

In other words, these men were kidnapped and held incommunicado for year after year for absolutely nothing. And yet we hold some of them still—in obdurate defiance of a judge’s ruling based upon all the “evidence” the administration could adduce, concoct or invent.

And this is the regime that Prez seems willing to perpetuate, export , even to codify with an elaborate Preventive Detention program (Hint: The Detention swallows up the Prevention).

OK, I knew that Prez wasn’t Robin Hood (or Kucinich, or Gravel—they were my guys,..), but I didn’t think he was King John!