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Is Lindsey Graham Playing Both Sides On DOJ Lawyers Fracas?
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Is Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) playing both sides on the "controversy" over Justice Department lawyers who represented Guantanamo detainees?
Yesterday, the South Carolina senator joined a growing chorus of conservatives in slamming a recent ad by Liz Cheney's advocacy group that questioned the loyalties of seven DOJ attorneys who had previously represented Gitmo detainees. The ad, by Keep America Safe, referred to the lawyers as "the Al Qaeda Seven," and asked "Whose values do they represent?"
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (18) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: Chuck Grassley, Eric Holder, Guantanamo, Justice Department, Keep America Safe, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Lindsey Graham, Liz Cheney, Military Commissions, Military Tribunals, Senate Judiciary Committee
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Leahy And Feinstein: Try Terrorists In Federal Courts
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
More than a month after Republicans started attacking President Obama for prosecuting the attempted Christmas bombing suspect in federal court, two top Senate Dems have finally come out to back Obama in strong terms.
Patrick Leahy and Diane Feinstein, chairs of the Judiciary and Intelligence committees, respectively, write in a letter to the president today that federal criminal courts -- not military commissions -- should be used to prosecute terrorists.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (10) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: GOP, Intelligence, Military Tribunals, Miranda rights, Senate Judiciary Committee, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Are Military Tribunals Really Tougher On Terrorists Than Criminal Courts?
Flight 253 bomb attack suspect Umar Abdulmutallab
With the debate over how to handle captured terrorists heating up, it's a good time to look back at the record of how military tribunals have worked in practice, and examine the uninterrogated assumption underlying the debate: that tribunals are tougher on terrorists than the criminal justice system.
A recent study by the liberal Center for American Progress found that in the very few cases of captured terrorists being tried in tribunals, the defendants were given lighter sentences than comparable cases in the criminal justice system.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (4)Topics: Ali Asad Chandia, Center for American Progress, David Hicks, John Walker Lindh, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Kit Bond, Military Commissions, Military Tribunals, Obama Administration, Republicans, Salim Hamdan, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
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