In its lead editorial today entitled “Tainted Justice,” the New York Times pleads the case of a Canadian-born Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr who, when he was 15 years old, allegedly threw a hand grenade that killed a U.S. soldier during a firefight in Afghanistan. The Times objects that since Khadr was a juvenile when he [...]
How Far Will The New York Times Go To Protect Alien Enemy Combatants?
May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Navy SEALs 2, PCBS 0!
April 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Time to free this man.
In a story you won’t see on MSNBC, for the second time in 2 days, a Navy SEAL was acquitted of charges in the infamous terrorist-with-a-fat-lip case.
After a day-long trial, a Navy judge took 2 hours to come back with a verdict of Not Guilty of dereliction of duty for Petty [...]
George W. Obama May Try KSM in Military Tribunal
March 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Breathe in deeply. Do you smell that? That’s the scent of vindication. After being hammered by some on the left and the right (but mostly the right) for pointing out how little change has happened with regards to national security policy, Obama has decided to come to my aid.
President Obama has decided not to try [...]
LA Times Reporter Chu helps Binyam Mohamed Sing the Blues
February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The British are singing the chorus to Binyam Mohamed’s version of “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me.” Remember how British intelligence informed the Americans about Saddam Hussein stockpiling WMD’s? Once again the British got it wrong. The mainstream American press went along for the ride with the CIA as the scapegoat.
Recently, the British appellate court made public [...]
Khalid Shaikh Muhammad and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
February 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Gather ’round. Here’s a little-known tale about ”The Fruit Of The Poisonous Tree” – or why 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Muhammad (KSM) and his Muslim terrorist friends may very well walk away as free men. No, I’m not a lawyer. But during twenty years of police work I spent enough time in criminal trials as an advisory witness [...]
Hip-Hop Expert Hill Opines on National Security
February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Columbia University Associate Professor Marc Lamont Hill did his usual babbling act on “The O’Reilly Factor” last night. This time, the issue was putting the Christmas Day underwear bomber and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed on trial in civil court rather than before a military tribunal.
This expert in hip-hop music might have been able to [...]
Byron York: Who are the 300 terrorists held in U.S. prisons? – Washington Examiner
February 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
“The Bush administration used the criminal justice system to convict more than 300 individuals on terrorism-related charges,” writes Attorney General Eric Holder in a new letter to Republican critics in Congress. The letter is part of the Obama administration's aggressive defense of its decision to grant full American constitutional rights to al Qaeda soldier Umar [...]
Miranda Rights For Christmas Day Bomber – Why? And Who Authorized It?
February 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Any cop, prosecutor, or defense lawyer will tell you that the quickest way to get a suspect to stop talking to you is to read him his Miranda Rights and get him a lawyer. The Obama Department of Justice, under Attorney General Eric Holder, has now begun dancing, two-stepping, ducking and dodging about, in earnest, [...]
