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April 13, 2009

The crew of the Maersk Alabama speaks

Via a commenter at Hot Air, I saw this link to this video/story of the crew of the Maersk Alabama talking to the mainstream media shortly after it was reported that Captain Phillips had been rescued. In the video, two crew members – one of them the second in command – talked about the bravery of those on board, how the ship never was actually out of their control (which is not what was first reported), how various media reports endangered the lives of those trying to rescue the Captain. Click below to watch:.....   [Read More]

Question of the day

“When will Barack Obama apologize to George Bush?” – Ed Morrissey, wondering when Obama will finally get around to point blank acknowledging his naive campaign-era view of habeas corpus rights of suspected terrorists, in light of a Friday story in the NYT about how the Obama administration plans to appeal a district court ruling “that granted some military prisoners in [Bagram Air Base] Afghanistan the right to file lawsuits seeking their release.”.....   [Read More]