Josh Gerstein at Politico puts together something that’s been clear for months: As long as the Obama administration can delay announcing a final disposition for the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 conspirators — civilian courts or military commissions? held where? — that’s exactly what it’s going More…
GUANTANAMO BAY — Retired Air Force Col. Morris Davis, a former chief prosecutor of the military commissions-turned-critic, has an opinion piece in the Huffington Post expressing disappointment in President Obama for not keeping his campaign pledges to shutter Guantanamo and end the commissions. (Davis might have considered that More…
On the crucial question of where Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will be tried and in what forum — where nuance will be heavily scrutinized — Eric Holder held out maximum flexibility for President Obama and himself. “The administration is in the process of reviewing the decision as to where Khalid Sheikh More…
Here’s what Attorney General Eric Holder said in his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s prospective trial, after he defended the Justice Department’s numerous 2009 and 2010 steps to try terrorists in civilian court. (Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, for instance, provided “not just valuable, but More…
In 15 minutes it gets underway: Attorney General Eric Holder’s first big round of testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee since the right began raising doubts about trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 conspirators in civilian courts. Holder will probably want the hearing to focus on other Justice-related More…
It faded from news coverage over the past few weeks, but when President Obama returns from Prague, he’ll have to make a decision 0n pressing forward to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in federal court, as his attorney general desires, or whether to move him into a military commission, as Sen. More…
It might not be the best day to trumpet the rule of law over U.S. counterterrorism efforts, but Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department has reached a deal with Algeria for mutual criminal justice assistance. The deal will allow the the U.S. and Algeria to “obtain More…
Save the date: Attorney General Eric Holder will interrupt his bureaucratic battle to keep Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 conspirators tried in federal court on the evening of April 15 to deliver an address to the civil liberties group the Constitution Project at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. More…
Just how many terrorists have American civilian courts convicted? The Justice Department is happy to let you know.
In filings provided to the congressional intelligence and judiciary committees — and now to the press — the Department itemized all the people it’s successfully prosecuted since 9/11. It divides them into More…
In an extremely short statement released today, Osama bin Laden warned the U.S. against putting Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to death. “The day America makes that decision will be the day it has issued a death sentence for any one of you that is taken captive,” bin Laden said in More…
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