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From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted and executed.
Attorney General Eric Holder says he was disturbed to learn of contacts between Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan and a radical imam overseas.
President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed: "Failure is not an option."
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has no problem with Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try in New York City five alleged terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a civilian federal courthouse in New York, near the site of the devastating 2001 terror attacks. Prosecutors expect to seek the death penalty.
Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Department of Justice is spending almost $400 million to help tribes reduce violence on their reservations.
Attorney General Eric Holder calls it the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating in the U.S. — the arrest of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids across the country.
Justice Department officials said Wednesday that most children in the United States are exposed to violence in their daily lives — but a leading criminologist warned the government-sponsored survey may be lumping serious and minor incidents together.
After an honor student's brutal beating, the Rev. Jesse Jackson is joining parents in escorting a group of students who attend a high school on Chicago's South Side.
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he is worried that lawmakers' opposition to bringing terrorist suspects held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to U.S. prisons could hurt the effort to close the detention center.
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday the alleged terror plot disrupted in New York was "one of the most serious in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001" — but he gave no indication when more arrests might be made.
President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago next week to discuss the recent beating death of a 16-year-old honors student.
Seven former CIA directors who served both Republican and Democratic presidents have asked President Barack Obama to end the Justice Department's criminal probe into the harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is allowing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against a Cleveland man accused of setting a fire that killed a woman and eight children.
Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to bring any criminal charges against a former Bush administration official who lawmakers said lied to them in sworn testimony.
Attorney General Eric Holder has received an ethics waiver to investigate government lawyers who prosecuted former Sen. Ted Stevens, the White House disclosed Friday.
Attorney General Eric Holder warned his Scottish counterpart in June that the man convicted of blowing U.S.-bound Pan Am Flight 103 out of the sky could get a hero's welcome if allowed to return to Libya, according to the head of a group representing the families of victims.
A Justice Department official says Attorney General Eric Holder has picked prosecutor John Durham to investigate CIA mistreatment of terror suspects.
A year after the Bush administration abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against a terror detainee in late 2007, keeping him awake for six straight days with permission from government lawyers.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced new indictments against 10 suspected Mexican drug cartel leaders accused of using everything from a cargo plane to makeshift submarines to bring huge quantities of drugs to U.S. cities that generated nearly $6 billion in profits.
Attorney General Eric Holder says he was racially profiled years ago.
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday urged Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special counsel to examine potential abuses by former President George W. Bush's administration.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder used a Southern civil rights landmark as a backdrop Wednesday as he told hundreds of black prosecutors that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is "back and open for business."
A pair of veteran Republican senators urged Attorney General Eric Holder to look into the legality of a new Delaware law allowing sports betting and to defend a federal anti-sports betting law that New Jersey politicians are challenging.
Holder's decision on Mohammed trial defended by Bush DOJ officialsIn deciding to use federal court, the attorney general probably considered the record of the military commission system that was established in November 2001. This system secured three convictions in eight years.
Is Right-Wing Media Hustler Trying to "Blackmail" Obama's Attorney General over ACORN Videos?Andew Breitbart appears to be threatening to release more ACORN smear videos to avoid a serious DOJ investigation.
Eric Holder's Baffling KSM Decision by David BeamerMr. David Beamer, the father of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11 described Holder's bewilderment during his response to inquiries at the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Al Qaeda's Civil Liberties Union by Thomas Joscelyn A look at the other terrorists embraced by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's ACLU lawyers.
John Tantillo's Brand Winner... And Loser: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Sarah PalinKhalid Sheikh Mohammed is singled out for his strong brand...which accounts for how he is (unfortunately) able to use the trial location of nyc to his advantage.
Attorney General Holder Stumped By Lindsey Graham From the Media Research Center
Attorney General Eric "General" Holder recently said that the only people he had consulted before making the decision to bring KSM to New York City for trial was his wife and his brother, who is a retired Port Autority cop.
The War On Terror On Trial. Investors Business Daily Editorial. Posted 11/18/2009 07:15 PM ET Justice: Attorney General Holder's testimony on Wednesday provided no credible rationale for sending the 9/11 conspirators into the civilian federal court system. This is 100% politics.
A historically Bad decisionLast Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other terrorists would be tried in a civilian court in New York City rather than before a military tribunal.
Eric Holder hems and haws on "Mirandizing" bin Laden". . .In one of the highlights of Wednesday's Justice Department oversight hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, attempted to put Holder on the spot with the question: would U.S.
9/11 Trial: Lottery of the goatsThose of us who are watching the latest developments 'here from reality' are bound to have same eerie feeling the 'mad king' in Serpico had, as the empire that 'poisoned the well' gives its best to force the worldwide populace into taking another sip from tainted source, striving …
New Film: Can Bush Be Prosecuted for Murder?The fundamental failure of our constitutional laws, international laws, treaties, torture laws, Geneva conventions, all which make up the RULE OF LAW in America to operate, prosecute liars, war criminals, fascist foreign policies, fascist CIA, illegal kidnappings, renditions ha …
CNN Poll: Americans want KSM tried in military court"Two-thirds of Americans disagree with the Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court rather than a military court, according to a new national poll.
Holder's al Qaeda Incentive Plan By WILLIAM MCGURNAndrew McCarthy an assistant U.S. attorney who in 1993 successfully prosecuted Omar Abdel Rahman (the "blind sheikh") for the first bombing of the World Trade Center said, "Mr.
O'Reilly Upset Over 9/11 Trials: 'I Don't Care About The Constitution!'Since Attorney General Eric Holder announced his decision to move five Guantanamo Bay detainees — including Khalid Sheikh Mohammad — to New York for civilian trials on charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Fox News personalities have been up in arms.
May I Return My Christmas Present, Please?There I was, expertly navigating through traffic, when a snippet of news came on. It was the voice of the Speaker of the House, Madame Pelosi, promising that the healthcare bill would be ready to give to the American people as a "Christmas" present.
Trying to make sense of Holder's decision to try KSM in federal court"International law is actually not particularly ambiguous about the status of the members of al Qaeda.
Let's use logic on this subject. The target chosen was civilian. Therefore, it should be tried in civilian courts. It worked out fine from the 1993 bombing of the WTC. The USS Cole is another matter. That was a military target. Military court.
Krauthammer: Giving KSM The Rights Of An American Citizen is UnconscionableCharles Krauthammer comments on Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Shaikh Muhammed in civilian court in New York.
Giuliani Reacts Strongly To KSM Trial: "Dangerous And Irresponsible"Giuliani , "The President made an irresponsible decision."
Holder and Obama's Hidden Agenda on 9/11 Murderers". . .We are now going to have a trial that never had to happen for defendants who have no defense.
Terrorism amendment dies in SenateThe Senate has defeated an amendment that would have kept the plotters of the September 11, 2001 attacks out of ordinary federal courts—leaving military commissions as the only option for trying the terror suspects.
Obama's latest use of "secrecy" to shield presidential lawbreaking: What was once depicted as a grave act of lawlessness -- Bush's NSA program -- is now deemed a vital state secret. The Obama administration has, yet again, asserted the broadest and most radical version of the "state secrets" privilege -- which previously caused so much controversy and turmoil among loyal Democrats (when used by Bush/Cheney) -- to attempt to block courts from ruling on the le …
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