One more thing on the Post’s story about Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) desired “grand bargain” on terrorism detentions — Check out this paragraph:
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was scheduled to testify Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but the hearing was postponed because of Obama’s signing
The Washington Post reports that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has submitted draft legislation to restrict the substantive and procedural rights of terrorism suspects to the White House as part of a deal for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Graham’s antipathy to civilian trials for at least some More…
Josh Gerstein reports on a speech Attorney General Eric Holder gave today:
“Lawyers who accept professional responsibility to protect the rule of law and the right to counsel and access to our courts, even when this requires defending unpopular positions or unpopular clients deserve …. the praise and gratitude of
Whether or not Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) objections to a civilian trial for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 conspirators have any merit, The Wall Street Journal thinks Graham is inching closer to securing a deal with the administration to trade putting KSM before a military commission More…
A timely reminder from FDL’s Marcy Wheeler that Rahm Emanuel lent his name to the following statement in 2007:
Since the time that captured “enemy combatants” were first brought to Guantanamo Bay in 2002, the detainment facility has undermined America’s image as the model of justice and protector
In a humorous exchange with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.), Gen. David Petraeus demurred when asked if it made sense to send Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Bagram detention facility that this year the U.S. military will transfer to Afghan control. Petraeus asked if everyone involved in considering such a More…
Eliza Manningham-Buller was the head of Britain’s domestic spy service, MI5, before retiring in 2007. Now she’s a member of the House of Lords. Perhaps this is self-serving, but she claims her American allies in the CIA kept her in the dark about torture. “The Americans were very keen that More…
Lindsey Graham is on the verge of winning an argument. Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina, has pledged for weeks to deliver the votes from his fellow Republicans to finally close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, a campaign pledge from President Obama, if and only if Obama agrees More…
Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a New York City police cadet who died trying to evacuate people from the World Trade Center. His mother, Talat, writes a poignant commentary for McClatchy objecting to any backtracking from the Obama administration and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on the plan to try the More…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) continues to make the case to the Obama administration that he can deliver the Senate votes to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay if President Obama abandons a civilian trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. A new story in Time questions whether either side More…
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