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Ahmed Ghailani Verdict Makes the Case for Federal Courts

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Courts, Military Commissions, Karl Rove, Kenya, Debra Burlingame, Counterterrorism, Keep America Safe, Terrorism, Liz Cheney, Guantanamo Bay, Tanzania, Ahmed Ghailani, US Embassy Bombings, War on Terror, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

The Ghailani case is significant because it's been viewed as a test of whether the civilian court system can handle the cases of another 35 Guantanamo Bay detainees slated for trial. I'd say that it just passed that test with flying colors.

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Jason Linkins

Tony West, Lawyer At Center Of Al-Awlaki Filing, Was Once Smeared As 'Al Qaeda Seven'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anwar Al Awlaki, Tony West, War on Terror, Barack Obama, Al-Awlaki, Keep America Safe, Liz Cheney, Eat the Press, Politics News

Over the weekend, Spencer Ackerman pointed out that the "first Justice Department lawyer to sign off on the Obama administration's brief to dismiss a ...

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Iraq's Remains of the Day

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Tonight, Obama will address the nation to mark the end of America's official combat role in Iraq. It is unlikely that Iraq's bitter political rivals will put aside their differences quickly enough to enable the president to announce a deliverable outcome.

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Ted Olson, Former Bush Solicitor General And Husband Of 9/11 Victim, Backs Obama On 'Ground Zero Mosque'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ted Olson, former George W. Bush solicitor general, attorney behind the case against California's gay marriage ban, and husband of a woman who died ab...

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The Big Lie About Guantánamo Lawyers

Jonathan Hafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Guantanamo, Keep America Safe, Liz Cheney, Gitmo, Habeas Corpus, Guantanamo Detainees, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Politics News
Jonathan Hafetz

The recent attacks on lawyers who have worked on behalf of Guantánamo detainees have employed the tactic of the "Big Lie"—tha...

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Liz Cheney Group Attacks Eric Holder: 'As If He Doesn't Know We're At War'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Cheney's group, Keep America Safe shot back at U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's comments on Tuesday that terrorists in court have the same righ...

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Cheney: The Liz Mob

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Justice Department, Liz Cheney, Terrorism, Detainees, Al-Qaeda 7, Dick Cheney, Keep America Safe, Politics News
Bob Franken

Instead of considering this a political controversy, let's make it personal. Forget Liz Cheney and Fox News. Let's suppose you are charged with a violent felony and face years in prison.

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Defending "Terrorists": What Would the Founders Do?

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Adams, Samuel Adams, Boston-Massacre, Keep America Safe, Liz Cheney, Revolutionary War, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

Why would John Adams defend British soldiers who killed American men in the Boston Massacre? It's a question that has taken on new poignancy with the recent controversy over the attacks by Elizabeth Cheney on the attorneys who defended some of the Guantanamo detainees.

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The Curious Case of "The Al Qaeda 7"

James Campion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Keep America Safe, Janet Reno, American History, Terrorism, Hypocrisy, John Adams, James Madison, Watchdog, Thomas Jefferson, Eric Holder, Al Qaeda, Politics News
James Campion

Anyone with a lust for martyrdom fueled by religious fantasy to destroy property, life and limb, has -- to any reasonable estimation -- officially checked out of society anyway, U.S. or otherwise.

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Liz Cheney Visits the Sins of the Client on the Lawyer

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gitmo 9, Keep America Safe, Justice Dept., Charles Grassley, William Kristol, Liz Cheney, Detainees, Cheney, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

The greatest lawyers in this country have represented traitors, serial murderers, rapists, deserters, corrupt politicians and scoundrels of every sort. Why are suspected terrorists' lawyers any different?

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Liz Cheney 'Al-Qaeda 7' Ad Disgusts More Conservatives

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joined the chorus of conservatives condemning the ad. "I'm with Kenneth Starr on this one," Graham told The Cable...

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Liz Cheney's Impeccable Timing

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legal Ethics, Office of Professional Responsibility, Terrorism, John Yoo, Justice Department, Dick Cheney, Keep America Safe, Jay Bybee, Liz Cheney, National Security, Counterterrorism, Waterboarding, Neal Katyal, Senate Judiciary Committee, Torture Memos, Opr Report, Torture, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

Cheney's attack conveniently shifted the spotlight away from other former Justice Department officials who actually are at risk of professional and criminal sanction.

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Bush-nesia Strikes Again in Right-Wing Media Smear Against Obama, DOJ Attorneys

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Frisch

Conservatives have been attacking President Obama and the Department of Justice for employing lawyers who previously represented terrorism suspects, even though George Bush did the same thing.

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Liz Cheney Group, Keep America Safe, Questions Loyalties Of Justice Department Lawyers (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keep American Safe, the brainchild of Liz Cheney released a new video Tuesday challenging the loyalties of Justice Department lawyers who "represented...

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The Weakness of Liz Cheney

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Soltz

In the end, Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe are just a re-run of what was already tried and failed in 2008. Namely, using the veil of fear to mask an un-informed, false, and weak position.

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Liz Cheney's 'Keep America Safe' Video Tears Into Obama (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Cheney is stepping even further into her father's shoes as the Republican ringleader for national security. Keep America Safe, a new group launche...

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Teflon Dick: How Cheney Uses Media For Protection

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Milazzo

Dick Cheney has committed unconstrained, and as yet unprosecuted offenses, that include circumventing the Constitution and lying the nation into war.

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Why Musicians Are Right, Liz Cheney Is Wrong

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billy Bragg, Pearl Jam, Trent Reznor, Keep-America-Safe, Liz Cheney, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, The Roots, Jackson Browne, Matthew Alexander, Votevets, Roseanne-Cash, R.E.M., Rise Against, Torture, Politics News
Jon Soltz

By lobbying to keep Guantanamo Bay open, Liz Cheney's group is helping keep alive one of the greatest recruiting posters that al Qaeda ever had.

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Rove, Cheney, Gingrich and Kristol Fail To Rally 9/11 Trial Foes

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann and David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday, Karl Rove sent a tweet to his 92,000 followers: "Don't sit out: 9:30am 11/18 Dirksen Senate Bldg Rm G-50 to oppose Atty Gen's testimony on ...

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