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Emptywheel » David Frakt on Material Support Charges and Military CommissionsFrakt added one more set of thoughts which are–by far–the most interesting to this discussion. I had another couple of thoughts about why the 9/11 case was transferred to federal court, aside from purely political considerations. The Judge in the case, Colonel Stephen Henley, had made a ...
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Patterico's Pontifications » KSM Show Trial Watch: The Evidence Mounts11/19/2009 KSM Show Trial Watch: The Evidence Mounts Filed under: General — Patterico @ 6:35 am Eric Holder, reassuring the mother of a 9/11 victim that trying KSM in federal court is the right thing to do: There are reasons why bringing this case in an Article III court when it comes to ...
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Dana Milbank - Washington Sketch: Republican senators do an about-face on judicial filibusters - washingtonpost.comFor much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Democratic filibusters of George W. Bush's judicial nominees. He decried Democrats' "unprecedented, obstructive tactics." To have Bush nominees "opposed on a partisan ...
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2009/cpi/surveys_indices/policy_researchThe Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world. The CPI is a "survey of surveys", based on 13 different expert and business surveys.
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Morgan Stanley CEO loves regulators - seriously -- DailyFinanceSpeaking Wednesday at a conference sponsored by Bloomberg News and Vanity Fair, Mack seemed to wish more regulators were camped out in his New York-based firm, watching its every move. He'd better hope that the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce don't get wind of his heresy. ...
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1Dana Milbank - Washington Sketch: Republican senators do an about-face on judicial filibusters - washingtonpost.com"Lying, flip-flopping hypocrites." A charge Republican's love to level against anyone perceived as their opponents. Only this time it sticks to those very same Republicans. Ethics? Principles? Can be trusted to stick to and follow their word? Not for these Republican Senators.JDP added 28 hours ago
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12009/cpi/surveys_indices/policy_researchGreenland comes of gray-snow clean ... because there aren't enough people there to be corrupt!?JDP added 2 days ago
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1Morgan Stanley CEO loves regulators - seriously -- DailyFinanceWell sure he does! That's 11 or 12 FREE employees helping get back his company's tarnished reputation. Maybe employees that can give one some "culpable deniablility" - "Look they were here and all over us; we thought we were doing the right thing!" Of course, it could also be an admission ...JDP added 2 days ago
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1Jacques Vallee: Waterboarding's curious corollaries - Boing BoingAh, but maybe there ARE "truth drugs" or techniques. In this case however, the administration wanted a particular result (confirmation of their claims) - SO, they did NOT want to use an "infallible" method of obtaining the truth, which MIGHT not give "confirmation" of what they wanted to hear! ...JDP added 2 days ago
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1Katrina negligence ruling could cost feds - Crime & courts- msnbc.comOf course, "on appeal" may shunt the case up to the more "conservative" courts (including the "supreme" one), where there is a history of overturning any "niggling" judgments for reimbursing "we the people" for BOTH corporate and governmental negligence.JDP added 2 days ago
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