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The New York Times reports, “The Obama administration, ending more than a year of indecision with a major policy reversal, will prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other people accused of plotting the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks before a military commission and not a civilian court, as it once planned. Attorney General Eric H. Holder [...]

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`For the sake of the safety and security of the American people, I’m glad the President reconsidered his position on how and where to try these detainees. Going forward, this model should be the rule rather than the exception.’ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate [...]

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David B. Rivkin, Jr. and Lee A. Casey are attorneys who worked in the Bush administration; when virtually all the legal academic articles came out in favor of US ratification of the International Criminal Court, Lee Casey wrote in the Fordham International Law Journal that the Constitution and an ancient Supreme Court case (Ex parte [...]

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It’s now been almost two years since President Obama announced on his second day in office that “Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.” But this policy was announced hastily, and as Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell pointed out a year ago, “[President Obama] didn’t provide any details about how the [...]

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Friday August 20, 2010 Roundup: New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that [...]

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