Civilian Courts Up to Job of Terror Trials
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 21st, 2010 4:31 am by HL
Civilian Courts Up to Job of Terror Trials
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, LA Times
We haven't heard much lately from the folks who say the Obama administration is making America vulnerable by trying terrorists in federal criminal courts instead of in military commissions.It's probably because their rhetoric has been dealt a serious blow by the flurry of guilty pleas this year by high-profile terror suspects. They include:• Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty in June to attempting to blow up a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square in a plot supported by the Pakistani Taliban.
Refudiate This: Sarah Gets Shakespeare
Matthew Biberman, AOL News
My friend and grad school adviser Stanley Fish sent shock waves through the blogosphere when he praised Sarah Palin's book. “I wouldn't count myself a fan in the sense of being a supporter,” he wrote in a review, still “I found it compelling and very well done.” Given the howls of objections that Fish received, I feel some trepidation in weighing in on the current flap over Palin's use of the word “refudiate” in a recent tweet.The former Alaska governor wrote: “Ground Zero Mosque supporters, doesn't it stab you in the heart as it…
