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Holder: ‘Failure is Not An Option’ in 9/11 Trials

By | 11.19.09 | 8:52 am

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that one reason he decided to try the five suspected 9/11 co-conspirators in federal court is because that was where he would most likely be able to win a conviction. As he said later in the hearing: “Failure More…

Senate Votes Down Inhofe Amendment to Block Transfer of Gitmo Detainees

By | 11.17.09 | 3:51 pm

The Senate this afternoon defeated an amendment to an appropriations bill proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) that would have prevented the Pentagon from using funds to adapt or build any new facilities in the United States to house Guantanamo detainees. That would have included anyone charged, tried or More…

The ‘Deboogeymanification’ of Terror Suspects

By | 11.17.09 | 12:22 pm

On his MSNBC morning show today, Dylan Ratigan asked me if I thought the decision to bring the suspected 9/11 co-conspirators to trial in a New York federal court was an attempt to “deboogeymanificate” those notorious terrorists we’ve heard so much about. After all, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed More…