Blogwatch
Eve Tushnet links RESTORE-HABEAS.ORG, about an act that was supposed to be (and may have been) introduced today. I’m linking this before reading it, because the bill sounds important enough that you guys should check it out.
Also via Eve, An Iraq interrogator’s nightmare
The lead interrogator at the DIF had given me specific instructions: I was to deprive the detainee of sleep during my 12-hour shift by opening his cell every hour, forcing him to stand in a corner and stripping him of his clothes. Three years later the tables have turned. It is rare that I sleep through the night without a visit from this man. His memory harasses me as I once harassed him.
Balkinization on Lincoln and on why copyright law shouldn’t prevent search engines from linking you.
Disputed Mutability on Ted Haggard’s cure and change, identity, self-deception, and fluctuations in sexuality.
An unusual Valentine from the Well-Timed Period.