Obama Still Wants Civilian Trials For Gitmo Detainees

DOJ Lawyers Who Defended Terrorist Detainees Revealed

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As the controversy heats up over the DOJ lawyers who once represented, or advocated on behalf of, al Qaeda and Taliban members, it is worth taking a quick look at their body of work. (The Weekly Standard)

If not for the vigilant work of Keep America Safe, the corruptocrat Attorney General Eric Holder’s national security stone wall on DOJ’s terror lawyers would still be standing. Asking politely, in respectful tones with bowed heads and stooped spines, did not get the DOJ to cough up the names. (MichelleMalkin.com)

Rallying Behind Accused SEALs

The case has prompted an outcry from conservative members of Congress and members of the military’s secretive Special Operations Forces, who say the Navy commandos are innocent. More than 40 members of Congress — nearly all of them Republicans — have signed letters calling upon the Pentagon to exonerate the SEALs, while accusing military leaders of bending over backward to protect a prisoner believed responsible for one of the most gruesome slayings of Americans in Iraq. (The Washington Post)

“JihadJane” Charged With Recruiting Jihadist Fighters

A Pennsylvania woman known to authorities as “JihadJane” has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft. (Fox News)

Interview With John Yoo

Yoo: Our intelligence service was doing what they thought was right at that time. Intelligence professionals know what they are doing. Despite what this administration is saying and doing the intelligence professionals have been very successful at preventing future attacks. (NewsRealBlog.com)

Crisis Averted: CIA-Targeting Bill Pulled From House Floor

The House Democratic leadership stopped a vote Thursday night on the $50 billion classified intelligence budget after Republicans mounted a campaign against one of its provisions to ban degrading treatment of detainees and some moderate Democrats indicated they would not vote for the bill. (Washington Times)

EARLIER: Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Interrogators

Liz Cheney Addresses CPAC 2010

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Poll: Americans Disapprove Of Obama’s Terrorist Interrogation/Prosecution Policies

The Obama administration has drawn fire from Republicans for treating the bombing suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, as a typical criminal suspect instead of as an enemy combatant. The administration has fought back by insisting he has been handled no differently than alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid. The poll found a 51 to 44 percent majority of likely voters disapproved of Obama’s efforts “on the prosecution and interrogation of terrorism suspects.” (Reuters)

Not So Much…But Still A Catch

The American Al Qaeda operative arrested in Karachi over the weekend was not the Southern California native wanted by the U.S. on treason charges for his involvement in the terror network, Pakistani intelligence officials said Monday. Pakistani security officials initially asserted that the American Islamic extremist they had captured in the country’s largest city late Saturday night was Adam Gadahn of Riverside, a spokesman and top propagandist for the Al Qaeda terror network. However, by early Monday morning, doubts arose about those initial reports. (Los Angeles Times)

Former Gitmo Detainee Now Leading Battles In Afghanistan

Herd ‘Em Back To Gitmo

Before advocating rights for terror suspects, there must first be a nation in which to advocate them.
Islam’s mugs and thugs would like nothing better than to destroy the United States, yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is emerging as a champion of our sworn enemies, while constantly tripping up over its club foot along a politically-correct journey to try detainees in civilian courts instead of in the appropriate military confines of Guantanamo Bay where they belong. (New York Post)

Pelosi Reasserts Inconsistency On CIA Interrogation Techniques

The documents show Pelosi was briefed about “ongoing interrogations of Abu Zubaydah” on April 24, 2002, just weeks after the top Al Qaeda suspect was captured in Pakistan. Previously, Pelosi asserted the 2002 briefing covered only “interrogation techniques the administration was considering using in the future.” (Fox News)

Uncertainty Raised Over DOJ Handling Of Detainees

Nine top political appointees at the Justice Department previously worked as lawyers or advocates for “enemy combatants” confined at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prompting new questions from Congress and conservative critics about the integrity of the administration’s handling of detainees. (Los Angeles Times)