New York's Tough Enough for Terrorist Trials
Most of us who live not far from Ground Zero, and who were here on 9/11, see New York as an appropriate and just venue, and aren't afraid that the trial will result in terrorist retribution.
Most of us who live not far from Ground Zero, and who were here on 9/11, see New York as an appropriate and just venue, and aren't afraid that the trial will result in terrorist retribution.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
Addressing the Department of Justice's decision to try terrorist suspects in civilian court rather than a military tribunal, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala...
Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
As Obama tasks our independent judiciary with trying more suspected 9/11 terrorists, count me among those who agree with Mayor Giuliani's first position on trying alleged terrorists in US courts: in the yes column
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Since 2001, 195 cases of terrorism have been uneventfully prosecuted in civilian courts, with 91% ending in convictions, But this little factoid surely won't stop Republicans from exploitative political posturing.
Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
The most pragmatic method of determining the guilt or innocence of criminals like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has always been in criminal court. Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are very wrong about this.
The Washington Independant | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics
As a substantial portion of about 250 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay's prison facility prepare to face trial in the United States, the alarm t...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
Cheney is setting the stage so that if a terrorist attack does occur again, he can place the entire blame on Obama's reversal of several "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding.
Wes Isley | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
As President Obama discusses how to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and what to do with its inmates, some of our leaders have lost complete faith in the ability of our justice and correctional systems to function.
AP | MATTHEW LEE and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration paid a $5 million reward to a former Minnesota flight instructor who provided authorities with information ...
Michael Winship | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York