MyDD (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Obama Administration announced late today that it will not sign an international convention banning land mines but would send observers to a review conference on the treaty in Cartagena, Colombia. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that the Administration recently completed a review and had decided not to change the Bush-era policy. "We decided that our land mine policy remains...
thejetsblog.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Jaguars Reggie Nelson was fined for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Sanchez. Dustin Keller is eager to break hearts again in New England. The Giants and Jets have to defend themselves against a breach-of-contract claim. Cimini catches up with former Jet, Pat Leahy Randy is adding more wood to the fire … or something along those lines. Kerry Rhodes is just [...]
tbirdnow.mee.nu (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dana Mathewson For at least eight years we have been hearing that Democrats are not serious about our national security. They have been doing a wonderful job of proving that's true. None more than our illustrious king -- er, president, and his faithful squire -- er, Attorney General, with their stunt of hauling KSM out of Gitmo and bringing him to New York City for trial. Now, under questioning from...
Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Another Keystone cop strikes again: If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there’s no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden would be afforded Miranda rights if he were captured amount [...]
Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In case you doubted how utterly stupid the leadership of the majority party in the senate is, consider this gob-smackingly stupid quote from Vermont's senior (and less liberal) senator, Pat Leahy. "The red herring that my friend [Sen.] Lindsey Graham...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
We noted last night that under the Obama administration's law-enforcement approach to terrorism, if we capture Osama bin Laden the first things we'll have to do are read him his rights and get him a free lawyer. When Lindsay Graham pointed this out to Eric Holder in yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Holder feebly responded that maybe we wouldn't have to Mirandize bin Laden because the...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
I'm with Andy. Every day it appears more and more that the White House wants it both ways. They want to claim that this is a fair trial but also an act of venegeance. The terrorists will be treated as if they might be innocent -- key to a fair trial -- but at the end of the day they'll get their comeuppance. If KSM & Co. get off on a technicality, don't worry, they'll still be locked up, but when...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
DOWNLOADS: (65) PLAYS: (268) Oh lovely. More fear mongering on another Sunday bobble-head show, this time from Bob Schieffer. Pat Leahy sets him straight on why the United States is perfectly capable of prosecuting terrorism cases. SCHIEFFER: Well, you heard what the congressman said, Senator Leahy. Tell me why you think he’s wrong. LEAHY: I think that Eric Holder, our attorney general, is right....
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
DOWNLOADS: (21) PLAYS: (46) This is rich coming from the likes of Liz Cheney. She's worried about the terrorists having "a public platform where they can spew venom". Well the "mainstream media" has given you and your daddy one, so what's the problem? Pat Leahy explained why this fear mongering is utter nonsense on Face the Nation today. What she's worried about are her father's...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough falsely claimed that it is "unprecedented" to try foreign terror suspects through the United States' judicial system, stating, "It's unprecedented to afford constitutional rights to, basically, prisoners of war." In fact, during the Bush and Clinton administrations numerous foreign terrorists have been tried and imprisoned by our federal system, including...
The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
John Batchelor writes on his blog: Home Team Justice Sturdy, ancient, predictable, contentious Pat Leahy is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is a credible but not convincing excuse to call upon Leahy to offer a defense of the Eric Holder decision to move KSM and his kindred [...]
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) indicated today that “Congress will in fact hold hearings into shootings earlier this month at the Army’s Fort Hood in Texas,” The Hill reports. Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he’s likely to press forward with an investigation into the rampage, breaking with President Barack [...]
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Here’s a list of Senators hitting the Sunday talk show circuit tomorrow: Face the Nation (CBS) – Pat Leahy (D-VT) State of the Union (CNN) – Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) Fox News Sunday – Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Jack Reed (D-RI) Meet the Press (NBC) – None This Week (ABC) – None Other – Judd Gregg [...]
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT), “one of 13 Democrats who voted last fall to strip Joe Lieberman’s gavel of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, answered sharply when asked if Lieberman should be kicked out of the Democratic Caucus if he filibusters the health care bill,” POLITICO reports. “Let’s see what happens. [...]
Emptywheel (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Eric Holder's letter to Pat Leahy and DiFi appears to be an attempt to signal his preference for the Senate bill.
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