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Did Carl Paladino Really Say 'F--- Him' About Eric Holder? [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- Another day, another YouTube-generated headache for Carl Paladino. In footage obtained by Jeremy Jacobs of National Journal's Hotline OnCall, the following video, taken at a town hall meeting on March 26 in Tappan, N.Y., appears to portray the tea-party-backed New York gubernatorial candidate uttering the phrase "F--- him" in response to a question regarding U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the suggestion to hold trials for terrorists in Manhattan. "If you were the chief executive of New York, what would your response be to the attorney general of the United States deciding ...
AG Eric Holder on 9/11 Terror Trial: I'll Do What's Best for the Case
By Graydon Gordian - Politics DailyAttorney General Eric Holder Wednesday defended himself against Republican criticism that the Justice Department is treating terrorism suspects as criminals rather than enemies of the state. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder said his department needs prosecutorial options to successfully execute its anti-terrorism duties as he answered Republican concerns about where 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried and the granting of Miranda rights to terrorist suspects. He also reaffirmed the Obama administration's commitment to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention ...
Attorney General: Bin Laden Won't Face Trial
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 16) -- Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. In testy exchanges with House Republicans, the attorney general compared bin Laden to mass murderer Charles Manson and predicted that events would ensure "we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden" not to the al-Qaida leader as a captive. Holder sternly rejected criticism from GOP members of a House Appropriations subcommittee, who contend it is too dangerous to put terror suspects on ...
Bloomberg Now Opposed to Holding Terror Trials in New York City
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAfter initially saying it would be "fitting" for 9/11 hijackers to face trial in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg now says that he hopes the trials of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and several other detainees are moved somewhere else, USA Today reports. Bloomberg said Wednesday that it "would be great if the federal government could find a site that didn't cost a billion dollars, which using downtown will." ...
Majority Say Accused 9/11 Conspirators Should Be Tried in Military Court
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAmericans believe by 59 percent to 36 percent that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four accused co-conspirators in planning the Sept. 11 attacks should be tried in a military court and not in a civilian court in New York City as Attorney General Eric Holder has decided, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Nov. 20-22. ...
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