http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions National News in Context Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:32:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-106690 Is The Obama Administration Insane Or Just Mind Numbingly Stupid? « Eat It Or Wear It Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:32:31 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-106690 [...] what? The Obama administration has already hinted that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never go free, even if aqitted. So what’s the point of conducting a sham civilian show trial where the outcome is already [...] [...] what? The Obama administration has already hinted that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never go free, even if aqitted. So what’s the point of conducting a sham civilian show trial where the outcome is already [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-54820 Off Topic: Glenn Greenwald on the Obama Betrayal « The Heat Death Hour Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:52:37 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-54820 [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...] [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-42922 What About Post-Conviction Detentions? | The Lie Politic Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:27:30 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-42922 [...] Why bother with the supervised release? On Tuesday, Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson told Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) that under the laws of war, if the government couldn’t convict a [...] [...] Why bother with the supervised release? On Tuesday, Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson told Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) that under the laws of war, if the government couldn’t convict a [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-42596 The Obama Justice System — will to truth Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:50:58 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-42596 [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...] [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-42381 Glenn Greenwald: The Obama Justice System | The Head On Radio Network Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:25:14 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-42381 [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...] [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified.  As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-42046 Obama’s Love of Indefinite Detention « Lean Left Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:40:33 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-42046 [...] No: Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson moved the Obama administration into new territory from a civil liberties perspective. Asked by Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) the politically difficult but entirely fair question about whether terrorism detainees acquitted in courts could be released in the United States, Johnson said that “as a matter of legal authority,” the administration’s powers to detain someone under the law of war don’t expire for a detainee after he’s acquitted in court. “If you have authority under the law of war to detain someone” under the Supreme Court’s Hamdi ruling, “that is true irrespective of what happens on the prosecution side.” [...] [...] No: Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson moved the Obama administration into new territory from a civil liberties perspective. Asked by Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) the politically difficult but entirely fair question about whether terrorism detainees acquitted in courts could be released in the United States, Johnson said that “as a matter of legal authority,” the administration’s powers to detain someone under the law of war don’t expire for a detainee after he’s acquitted in court. “If you have authority under the law of war to detain someone” under the Supreme Court’s Hamdi ruling, “that is true irrespective of what happens on the prosecution side.” [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-41952 "Presidential Post-Acquittal Detention Power" | Hillary Clinton Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:45:30 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-41952 [...] reporting from yesterday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on military commissions, has the details: Johnson said that “as a matter of legal authority,” the administration’s powers [...] [...] reporting from yesterday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on military commissions, has the details: Johnson said that “as a matter of legal authority,” the administration’s powers [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-41944 Detainees, Liberals and the Powers That Be « Blue Lyon Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:36:33 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-41944 [...] Liberals and the Powers That Be Jonathan Turley on the  Obama administration’s newest claim that he has the right to imprison detainees even after they have been acquitted  in a court of [...] [...] Liberals and the Powers That Be Jonathan Turley on the  Obama administration’s newest claim that he has the right to imprison detainees even after they have been acquitted  in a court of [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-41930 The Obama justice system: By Glenn Greenwald - The Largest Minority Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:28:25 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-41930 [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified. As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...] [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified. As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49886/johnson-opens-the-door-to-post-acquittal-detentions/comment-page-1#comment-41920 Drasties - Dutch on the World - World on the Dutch Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:52:35 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49886#comment-41920 [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified. As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...] [...] attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified. As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to [...]

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