Judge Ellen Huvelle

Junkie Pride

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Leslie Stahl, Michael Scanlon, Bureau of Prisons, Jack Abramoff, Lobbying, U.S. Congress, Lobbying Reform, Sixty Minutes, Department of Justice, Bribery, Rep. Robert Ney, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Sen. John McCain, Honest Services Fraud, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

During his Sixty Minutes interview, I was not surprised to see that Abramoff was his usual likeable and articulate self. I was surprised, however, that Abramoff responded to his interviewer, Leslie Stahl, with almost "junkie pride."

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"Model Prisoner" at Guantanamo, Tortured in the "Dark Prison," Loses Habeas Corpus Petition

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Jordan, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, Guantanamo Detainees, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, CIA Torture, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Judge Thomas Hogan, Hassan Bin Attash, World News, Osama Bin Laden, Habeas Corpus, Al Qaeda, Politics News, Enemy Combatants, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Dark Prison, The Guantanamo Files, Musa'ab Al-Madhwani, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Al-Madhwani joins eight other prisoners in a legal netherworld, no longer regarded as "enemy combatants" by the administration, but still detained indefinitely as though they were.

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The Ring of Truth

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Main Justice, Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff, Col. Oliver North, Kevin Ring, George W. Bush, David Safavian, Department of Justice, Federal Prosecutors, Honest-Services Fraud, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Brendan Sullivan, Judge Antonin Scalia, Judge Dennis Jacobs, Suborning Perjury, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

A judge in D.C. reluctantly declared a mistrial for Kevin Ring, one of Abramoff's trusted lieutenants. It may be a sign that the reign of honest-services-fraud terror by federal prosecutors is ending.

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No Escape From Guantanamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Rulings made by District Court judges in the habeas corpus appeals of prisoners held at Guantánamo seemed to confirm that the courts were uniquely placed to deliver justice to the prisoners.

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As Judge Orders Release of Tortured Guantanamo Prisoner, Government Refuses to Concede Defeat

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Mohamed Jawad, Col. Stephen Henley, Department of Defense, War on Terror, George W. Bush, President Obama, 9/11, Guantanamo, Taliban, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Eric Holder, World News, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Politics News, Enemy Combatants, Robert Gates, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, US Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Advocacy, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Justice Department, US District Court, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Torture, World News
Andy Worthington

I still have no firm idea why Obama and Holder have allowed the Justice Department to pursue unjustifiable and unwinnable habeas cases, resulting in humiliation after humiliation.

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