Thank you for your coffee seignor. I’ll shall miss that when we leave Casablanca.~ Ingrid Bergman

In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) NYT: Now Gitmo has ‘Real’ Terrorists — “Thanks to the New York Times crack editorial staff we now know what Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility is for. It’s not for the lower level Al Qaida and Taliban fighters who want to kill us, many of whom their native nations won’t take, but it’s for higher level people. Yes, that’s why the United States government built the rather large prison, to house 14 people.”

Iowa Voice (Brian) My Thoughts On The Bush Speech — “Politically, I’d say this is a good move by the President. He can move and shape the debate, and it’s an issue that Republicans can use leading up to the November elections. It will expose just how far Democrats are willing to go to coddle known terrorists, just how much they are willing to risk the safety of the American people, and it will expose just how soft they are on national security.”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Wonder Why It’s Been A Quiet Five Years On The Home Front? — “George Bush gave a long-overdue speech on the American efforts to use intelligence and captured terrorists to keep the US homeland safe from attack. He announced the transition of detained high-value terrorists from secret holding facilities to Guantanamo Bay in preparation for military tribunals, once Congress approves the legal framework for such a process, and related the myriad links discovered through their interrogation:”

Blue Crab Boulevard Springing A Trap — “Even thought the press is still spinning the speech he gave yesterday as an “admission” about secret prisons, the fact that he has turned the issue around and made it a debate on how to deal with some very dangerous people.”