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• DOJ to the Rescue… of John Yoo—By Scott Horton (Harpers Magazine)

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 458
  The Holder Justice Department has filed a sweeping amicus brief in the Padilla v. Yoo case before the Ninth Circuit, seeking to make absolute the immunity granted Justice Department lawyers who counsel torture, disappearings, and other crimes against humanity. The case was brought by Jose Padilla, who claims that he ...
  8 hours ago

• Its Time to send Eric Holder HOME MR. OBAMA

  
  Tampa's Back Door Ways ... (OR...) — Authority: 127
  This is a link (and the article) to a piece by Scott Horton, who writes for Harpers on issues of international law and human rights.The US DOJ has filed an amicus brief in the case of Padilla v. Yoo arguing that Justice Department lawyers should have absolute immunity from civil suits. The DOJ does not address the ...
  1 day ago

• Yoo, OPR, and the Ninth Circuit

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 715
  Scott Horton notes that the Obama Administration has made new sweeping arguments about why John Yoo should not be held responsible for authorizing torture used on Jose Padilla. The Holder Justice Department has filed a sweeping amicus brief in the Padilla v. Yoo case before the Ninth Circuit, seeking to make ...
  1 day ago

• DOJ Doubles Down in Its Defense of John Yoo

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Talk about getting a second bite of the apple. I’ve written before about the problem with the Department of Justice jumping in to defend a lawsuit charging that John Yoo was responsible for torture and abuse of “enemy combatant” Jose Padilla. Given that Yoo is the subject of an ethics investigation by DOJ — ...
  1 day ago

• Despite Holders Pledge, Justice Department Torture Report Not Yet Out

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 762
  That long-awaited Justice Department report on torture may keep us waiting a little longer. Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress in mid-November that the report would be out by the end of the month. So today, we asked the Justice Department where it was. "Well have something for you soon," a Justice ...
  4 days ago

• So Where’s That OPR Report?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Less than two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder testified that the long-awaited report on the ethics of Bush-era Justice Department lawyers who sanctioned torture and other abuses would be released by the end of November. So where is it? The report, prepared by the Justice Department’s Office of ...
  4 days ago

• Activists again urge disbarment for Yoo, Haynes

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 430
  Two Bay Area lawyers who played roles in the Bush Administration’s legal justifications for torture should be disbarred, according to papers filed Friday in Washington, D.C. Disbar Torture Lawyers , a group of non-governmental organizations with more than a million members, filed complaints with the District of ...
  5 days ago

• Torturing Binyam Mohamed–Before Bybee Two

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 715
  A few of you have alerted me to this judgment from the Binyam Mohamed case in the UK. As a reminder, Mohamed has been trying to force the British government to release information about torture he suffered at the hands of Americans and Pakistanis. But the British government refuses to allow the information to be ...
  1 week ago

• Mulroney Contradicts MacKay

  
  liberal catnip — Authority: 130
  Ever since Peter MacKay has been under fire about allegations of torture in Afghanistan during the period of 2006-2007, he has repeatedly said in the house that the transfer agreement was changed once the government had credible evidence to back up those claims . From November 25, 2009, Hansard : Hon. Peter ...
  1 week ago

• Cats And Dogs Living Together, Mass Hysteria Etc.

  
  South Florida Lawyers — Authority: 477
  This NYT table-setter on several upcoming Supreme Court cases points out that conservative and liberals are coming together to condemn a criminal justice system in which all Americans are pretty much violating some law somewhere: “The problem of overcriminalization is truly one of those issues upon which a wide ...
  1 week ago

• Bush Campaign Veterans Make Electoral Comeback

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 735
  Tim Griffin, Barbara Comstock and Karl Rove (Tim Griffin for Congress, Comstock for Delegate, White House photo) For a candidate making his first bid for office, Tim Griffin couldn’t be in better shape. One week after announcing his campaign against Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.), the incumbent in Arkansas’s most ...
  1 week ago

• You Wanna Get High Man?

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 131
  Does Howdy Doody got wooden balls man?Thanks to Homeland Security, almost 316,000 bongs made in China of all places, will never see the light of a lighter.  I say almost 316,000, because you know some of the Customs humans took a few home.  GL-5 pay leaves very little room for bong purchases.American bong makers ...
  2 weeks ago

• Legal Defense Fund For Torture Memo Author

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 762
  One of the authors of the Bush Justice Departments notorious memos approving torture has set up a legal defense fund to help pay anticipated lawyers fees in connection with the episode. A website for the Bybee Legal Defense Fund "explains how contributions may be made to help Judge Jay S. Bybee pay costs and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Won’t You Help Jay Bybee Against Those Who Want to Hold Him Accountable for Torture?

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 735
  Michael Isikoff reports : The federal judge who helped draft Justice Department memos on torture has set up a legal defense fund to pay the costs of defending against possible disciplinary or impeachment proceedings. Jay Bybee, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in Las Vegas, quietly set up the fund last July following ...
  2 weeks ago

• Holder: OPR Torture Report Should Be Out By Months End

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 762
  That long-awaited report on the Justice Departments role in the Bush administrations torture program could finally be ready to see the light of day. During his testimony before Congress today, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the report, by the Justice Departments Office of Professional Responsibility, is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Holder Says OPR Report Will Be Released by the End of the Month

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Responding to a question from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who’s asked frequently when the Justice Department will finally release the repeatedly delayed report by the Office of Professional Responsibility on the conduct of lawyers at the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bush, Holder said that he ...
  2 weeks ago

• John Yoo on Civilian Trials for Terrorists

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 743
  Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published an article by John Yoo that criticized the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) and several of his fellow Guantanamo prisoners in civilian court.  Yoo makes too many claims for me to respond to in a blog post, but let me address a ...
  2 weeks ago

• On whether KSM deserves Vengeance or Justice

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 746
  Elvin Lim is Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and author of The Anti-intellectual Presidency , which draws on interviews with more than 40 presidential speechwriters to investigate this relentless qualitative decline, over the course of 200 years, in our presidents’ ability to communicate ...
  2 weeks ago

• President Obama Stops Dithering and Joins Osama Bin Laden against the US

  
  Valley of the Shadow — Authority: 463
  Are you shocked? Im not. I used to be the guy who followed the rules of engagement written by Tip ONeill. The Left stopped following Tips rules after December 12, 2000 . And look at these protests. The Left said it was OK during the last 8 years to compare American leaders to Nazis. I mentioned earlier about ...
  2 weeks ago

• "Whether a jury ultimately convicts KSM and his fellows, or sentences them to death, is beside the point."

  
  Althouse — Authority: 739
  "The treatment of the 9/11 attacks as a criminal matter rather than as an act of war will cripple American efforts to fight terrorism. It is in effect a declaration that this nation is no longer at war."
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