Terrorist Trials

The Congress Is Wrong on This One

Michael S. Greco | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Military Detention, Terrorism Trials, Terrorist Suspects, Counterterrorism, Terrorist Trials, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, Politics News

No one questions that the U.S. military plays an important role in fighting terrorism but the Armed Forces do not want -- and are not equipped - also to serve as judge and jailor.

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Senate Rejects Republican Effort To Undercut Obama On Terrorism

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted early Friday to reject a Republican effort to prohibit the United States from prosecuting foreign terrorist suspects in...

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Underwear Bomber's Plea Underscores Law Enforcement's Key Role Fighting Terrorism

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Underwear Bomber, Defense Spending, Underwear Bomb Trial, Terrorist Rights, Terrorists Federal Court, Terrorist Trials, Politics News

When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty last week to the attempted murder of 289 passengers, Obama's critics were notably silent. That's because his plea underscores that U.S. federal courts are the most effective place to try terrorism suspects.

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Holder Continues To Defend Civilian Trials for Terrorists

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 08.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Despite numerous setbacks over the past 2 1/2 years, Attorney General Eric Holder defiantly defended the civilian court system as a venu...

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'Child Soldier' Terror Detainee SENTENCED

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.25.2011

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A judge sentenced a former teenage al-Qaida fighter Sunday to eight more years in custody, bound by a plea agr...

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Terrorist Trials: Lieberman Criticizes Obama Admin For Prosecuting Terrorists In Civilian Courts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) argued on Sunday that the Obama administration had erred in its decision to place several terrorist suspects into the c...

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9/11 Mother Demands Obama Try Terrorist Plotters In Civilian Court (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of more than 200 family members of 9/11 victims has released an emotional new web video imploring the Obama administration to remain true to i...

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Justice Department: We've Successfully Prosecuted Hundreds Of Terrorists

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Justice Department launched an aggressive pushback Friday against mounting Republican criticism that the Obama administration's effort to try more...

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Attention, Dick Cheney: Don't the Germans Know We're At War?

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the Cheneys continue to hammer away at the accusation that Obama has a terror trial "mindset" problem, another bullet hole has been leveled at their argument by Germany.

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Is Sarah Palin Sen. Joe McCarthy Redux?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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With her cutesy little homilies that spew venom and lies, Sarah Palin is touting fear of socialism in the same way that Joe McCarthy used fear of communism to disparage his enemies and divide the country.

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Why the 9/11 Terror Trials Must Not Be Held in the U.S.

Tamara N. Holder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama and Holder have both said that they expect the 9/11 trials to be won, but as attorneys they should know better. In the American judicial system there is zero tolerance for "expectations."

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When Principle and the Practical Conflict, Which Should Prevail?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to releasing photos of torture, closing Guantanamo and excluding abortion coverage from health care legislation, principle comes into direct conflict with what is practical.

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