It’s the secrecy that I have a problem with. I want to know exactly what’s happening to those held. I also call shenanigans in regards to the apparent lack of legal counsel. These men have rights. Being there, in Guantanamo, isn’t the problem. It is a sensible, legal method of protecting our safety. Protecting our freedoms by pissing on someone else’s? That’s where I draw the line. Treating suspected allies of our potential enemies as actual terrorists? That’s well past my line. Unless they’ve actually committed a crime, give them the same rights you’d give a purse snatcher.

Huckabee’s not that far from the mark, he’s just forgotten something major about the equation. Imprisonment, yes, okay, but imprisonment with all the rights and privileges allowed.

Handling of the Wayne Dumond case
Huckabee has also come under criticism for his handling of the case of Wayne Dumond, a convicted rapist who was released during Huckabee’s governorship and subsequently sexually assaulted and murdered a woman in Missouri following his release. [29] Dumond’s case had attracted national attention in the mid 1990s from critics of President Bill Clinton who felt the former Arkansas Governor had been too harsh with Dumond because Dumond’s victim was a distant Clinton relative. Even before taking office, Huckabee met with Dumond’s wife and privately announced his intention that Dumond be set free, stating his unhappiness with the way Clinton had handled the case (Dumond had been attacked and castrated by the local sherrif prior to his arrest for the rape).[citation needed] On September 20, 1996, Huckabee publicly announced his intention of commuting Dumond’s sentence. There was strong opposition to Huckabee’s plan, leaving Huckabee in a difficult situation politically.[29] On October 31, 1996, Huckabee met privately with the parole board to talk about the Dumond case. Some members of the board have since stated that they were pressured to re-examine and vote in favor of Dumond’s parole. On January 16, 1997, Dumond was granted parole, just five months after he had been rejected. Huckabee released a statement saying, “In light of the action of the board, my original intent to commute the sentence to time served is no longer relevant.”[29] Huckabee has denied influencing the parole board in any way, but acknowledges some responsibility for signing Dumond’s parole.[30] His full disclosure of the incident is described in his book From Hope to Higher Ground.

Most recently DemocracyNow did an interview with Murray Wass in which the topic of Huckabee came up.

“He [Huckabee as Governor) had lobbied his parole board or pressured his parole board to release a convicted rapist [Wayne Dumont]… who then, shortly thereafter, after he was let out of prison, just in the most violent rape and the most violent murders, just raped and murdered two young women[...]and still refuses to answer any questions about why he made this decision or how he came to it”

Until that interview with Waas I had never of heard this before but it reminds me of a not so old story run by republicans to demonize the democrats. That no one is asking (other than Waas) WHY, is very troubling. Who was Wayne Dumont?

Why don’t we just sweep up ALL Republicans – and lock THEM up in Gitmo forever. That’s about all they deserve, the morons.

Charles also needs to bone up on WWII history. The real appeasers were the Brits and Americans who allowed Franco to destroy the Spanish Republic in the 30’s with the assistance of the Hitler’s Luftwaffe. American’s who fought to defend the Spanish Republic were among the persecuted by the right as ‘premature anti-Fascists’.

Charles, you have mush for brains!

You are wrong, Preacher Huck is a bad man. He is not niave. He was given the office of governor when Tucker got caught up in the S.P Starr investigations. Then the dems ran a little country lady against him and he was elected. Check out the stories about the Rev. in Arkansas Times. He is a real life Elmer Gantry.

I remember when someone complained about the hoorendous treatment of miserable wretches held there, she was answered — not in jest — by some butthead in the Yank polity that Guantanamo fell under the territorial jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Cuba.

Darth Vader (post 129):
there is ONE.. do some research.

Until fearmongers like hucklebuck are voted out of office, this country is doomed! I thought we had some hope when Dems got a majority but I soon realized that the slim majority they had was of no use whatsoever. Until we elect more representatives with the courage of their convictions, we will continue on the downward course we are on now.

Dem or rethug doesnt matter, if our ELECTED officials voted their consciences, this country would be closer to the principles that it was founded on. I wonder what our founding fathers would think of the mess this country is in now. They would probably be as ashamed of us as I am. Its no longer a matter of pride to be an American. We are NOT the greatest country in the world; RATHER WE ARE THE WORST!

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHENEY AND PUPPET BUSH!! MAY YOU BOTH ROT ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY!!