This weeks award winning episode of radio show and podcast ‘This American Life‘, addresses the issue of Habeas Corpus. Broadly speaking, Habeas Corpus is the right of a prisoner to apply to be brought before a court to have the legality of their detention adjudicated. ‘This American Life’ examines how it’s suspension for detainees of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, and in secret extraterritorial prisons run by the CIA, has effected their treatment. The episode includes eye opening interviews with two former inmates of ‘Gitmo’.
In addition to providing a predictably terrifying …

I should apologize for updating this blog so infrequently, I guess I’ve been intimidated since being described, along with Dave Winer and Doc Searl, as one of the most original thinkers on the internet. I mean, how do you follow a description like that?
Well how about tangentially? I’ve been trying to think of a way to address Simon McGarrs political video challenge on Tuppenceworth, where he’s attempted to elicit video contributions from ‘young people’ outlining their difficulties with, suggestions for, and perspective on contemporary Irish politics. My problem with Simon’s …