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By David Sessions - Politics DailyPresident Obama plans to insert himself into the search for an alternate location for the trial of accused 9/11 planner Khalid Sheik Mohammed after plans to try him in Manhattan created a political backlash, the Washington Post reports. Attorney General Eric Holder originally chose a Lower Manhattan courthouse because it was a legally neutral location, it has a network of underground tunnels to provide security, and it has a record of success in holding high-profile trials. But the administration now admits it mishandled the planning of the trial and was unprepared for the vehement protests ...
ACLU Sues Justice for 'Torture Memos' Report
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Justice Department to force the release of an internal report on possible ethics violations by the agency lawyers who wrote the Bush administration's so-called torture memos. The ACLU called release of the ethics report "long overdue." In November, Attorney General Eric Holder testified that the report would likely be out by the end of the month, TPM reported. At that time, the Justice Department said it was going through the normal review process. In a press release Friday, the ACLU's Jameel Jaffer wrote that the department's Office ...
Obama Administration's Positions in War on Terror Cases Anger Supporters
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Obama is coming in for criticism among left-leaning commentators and legal scholars for continuing the Bush Administration's legal arguments in at least two war on terror related court cases, originally filed against Bush. In one, the Obama Justce Department defended the Bush Administraton's position that the terrorist surveillance program, which the left derides as warrantless wiretapping, is subject to the state secrets privilege, essentially blocking parties from suing the government or telecommunications companies that assisted in setting up the program. In the other, the ...
Gonzales' Resume Just Isn't Working
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyFormer Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is also feeling the pinch of quasi-unemployment these days. Lawyers and his associates inside the Beltway tell The New York Times that Gonzales, who was forced to resign last year amid the dismissed attorneys scandal, hasn't been able to get any law firms to bite on his resume. Gonzales' experience should be enough for firms to be chomping at the bit. We've all heard his personal story - the son of poor Mexican immigrants makes his way through the Texas public school system, then goes on to Rice University and Harvard Law School. He has won numerous ...
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