Michael Mukasey

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• Who Is Nidal Malik Hasan? The Picture Becomes (Slightly) Clearer

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 782
  The tentative picture emerging of Nidal Malik Hasan is of a man who likely subscribed to radical Islamic beliefs, but who was not acting on behalf of any group in allegedly carrying out the shootings in which 13 died at Fort Hood last week. The leaks are coming fast and furious in the investigation of the ...
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• Odds and ends for 10/27

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 436
  I’ve said many times that there’s blame enough to go around for the current economic mess. Jeremy Grantham spreads some blame around and, as if that’s not enough fun, explains why things will get worse before they get better. Why do Senate Republicans want the long-term unemployed to suffer ? Michael Lind ...
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• Parody? No, It’s Michael Mukasey

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 769
  photo: KCIvey via Flickr Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who has dealt with terrorism trials as a judge and seen convictions successfully obtained with the full panoply of civil rights intact, thinks that U.S. civilian courts are not proper venues for terror trials. Why? Because they’re an ...
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  911Blogger.com - Paying Attention to 9/11 Related News — Authority: 609
  
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• Former Bush Attorney General: American Justice System Led to September 11

  
  2parse — Authority: 127
  I already commented on this Mukasey piece – but I wanted to follow up and make clear why this piece from a well-respected “conservative” demonstrates how far the conservative movement, the right wing, and the Republican Party have fallen. First, it’s important to note Mukasey’s position under Bush – as ...
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• The Fallacies of Mukasey

  
  2parse — Authority: 127
  Michael Mukasey’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal yesterday continues to demonstrate the collapse of common sense in the Republican Party. His thesis is that “civilian courts are no place to try terrorists.” His main supporting argument – and the subheadline – suggests that there is a direct link ...
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• Goodwill To Die For

  
  2 think good — Authority: 123
  Former US attorney general, Michael Mukasey , makes an argument in the WSJ of why civilian courts are not the place to try terrorists: It was anticipated that if those detainees were to be tried at all, it would be before a military commission where the touchstone for admissibility of evidence was simply relevance ...
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• Napolitano defends bringing Guantanamo detainees to U.S.

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 674
  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the Obama administrations plans to bring terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States -- countering critics who questioned whether it would create security risks. "Theres no question in my mind that those detainees who would ...
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• Napolitano defends bringing Guantanamo detainees to U.S.

  
  Summit Notebook — Authority: 498
  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the Obama administration’s plans to bring terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States — countering critics who questioned whether it would create security risks. “There’s no question in my mind that those detainees ...
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• Michael Mukasey: Military tribunals best for terrorists

  
  Cold Fusion Guy — Authority: 138
  Civilian Courts Are No Place to Try Terrorists Excerpts: ... the rules for conducting criminal trials in federal courts have been fashioned to prosecute conventional crimes by conventional criminals. Defendants are granted access to information relating to their case that might be useful in meeting the charges ...
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• Former AG: Dont Try Terrorists In Civilian Courts

  
  In General Counsel — Authority: 125
  In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who as a judge presided over the 1995 federal terrorism prosecution of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and others, argues that putting terrorists on trial in civilian courts is a bad idea: The Obama administration has said it intends to ...
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