If Radical Muslims Aren't Found at Kosher Delis, Then Why Did NYPD Look for Them at Kosher Butchers?
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Congressman Peter King applauds that the NYPD is spying on--among others--some of his own Long Island constituents, including 28 businesses in Oyster Bay. He rather snidely quips that you wouldn't look for radical…
Wall Street Shills Hype How Much Preet Bharara Could Make If He Stopped Shielding Wall Street
The Time Cover--facetiously suggesting that SDNY US Attorney Preet Bharara was busting anyone of note--was bad enough.
But this piece from noted Wall Street booster, Charlie Gasparino, reads more like a reminder to his readers of the protection…
Our Detention Authority Branches Out beyond Al Qaeda
It was pretty inconsiderate of Charlie Savage to break the news that the US had filed military commission charges against Ali Musa Daqduq the day after Jeh Johnson gave a speech emphasizing how our detention authority is restricted to those…
New Anthrax Scare: This Time Leahy's Letter Tests Negative
With the war drums on Iran beating loudly, homeland security theater is ratcheting up yet another level as a wave of letters containing a powdery substance have been mailed again to media and political figures. This time, unlike the October-November…
Why Won't the NYT Report on Ray Kelly's Spooks?
On the NYT's homepage, the story of the ongoing protests in reaction to the burning of Korans at Parwan prison occupies a fairly prominent position.
What you won't find anywhere on the NYT homepage, though, is the story of how the NYPD monitored…
Jeh Johnson on the "Military’s Domestic Legal Authority"
In addition to suggesting that the 16 year old American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was a legitimate military target, Jeh Johnson spoke yesterday about the "military's domestic legal authority." Now, rest assured, Johnson said the Administration…
Shorter Jeh Johnson: 16-Year Old Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki Legitimate Military Target
I'll have more to say about this speech Jeh Johnson gave at Yale later. But for the moment I wanted to unpack the logic of his comments about targeted killing.
As part of his claim that drone strikes are just like past military killing, Johnson…
Could Santorum's Radical Religious Fundamentalism Propel US Into Religious Violence?
Despite the fact that our country was founded in part by immigrants seeking to escape religious persecution, the current crop of Republican presidential candidates (with the exception of Ron Paul, who gets no media airtime anyway) have carried…
Majid Khan to Accept Plea Deal
The WaPo confirms what a lot of people have been speculating: Majid Khan will accept a plea deal.
In recent days, Khan, a Pakistani citizen who was a legal U.S. resident, was moved out of the top-security Camp 7, which houses the high-value…
Jake Tapper Flummoxes Jay Carney On White House Press Policy Hypocrisy
We take broadside shots at the press fairly regularly, both directly and as a vehicle for explaining ills and issues surrounding the government and, at least in my case, law. And there have been plenty of said shots aimed at the White House…
Four of Seven Dwarves: Consistent, Courage, Resolute, Cheerful
"Consistent" (Paul), "Courage" (Santorum?!), "Resolute" (Willard), "Cheerful" (Newt)
Those are the one word answers the GOP candidates gave CNN's John King to explain themselves.
All I could think of where the seven dwarves remaining.…
A Victory on DOMA For Karen Golinski
Well, while we ponder what will transpire on the mind numbingly restricted "win" for the Perry Plaintiffs in the 9th Circuit, yet another Northern District of California (NDCA) judge has followed in Vaughn Walker's footsteps and has sent…
MDP: Take Advantage of Taxpayer Funded Right to Screw with GOP Primary
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Michigan Democratic Party Chair, Mark Brewer just sent this video out with the following message.
Friends,
Republicans have extended an invitation to all Michigan Democrats to crossover and vote in the Michigan…
Close, But No Cigar: NYPD within 3 Miles of Faisal Shahzad's Hawala, Missed It
On April 10, 2010, Mohammad Younis, of Centereach, NY, met with Faisal Shahzad at the Ronkonkoma train station and gave him $7,000 in cash. That money went to buy fertilizer, propane, and gasoline that Shahzad used to build a bomb he tried to…
Iran: Parallel to 2003 Rhetoric, Senate War Lobby Objects to Negotiations, IAEA Visit Controversial
Writing on the front page of today's New York Times, Scott Shane finally states what should have been obvious to anyone paying attention to the steady drumbeat from the war mongers over the last couple of years:
Echoes of the period leading…
The Girls' School that Terrifies Ray Kelly
This is the Al Muslimaat Academy, a school for fifth through twelfth grade girls certified by New Jersey's Department of Education. It is one of the many locations in Newark spied on by Ray Kelly's spies in 2007.
They considered it a "Madrassah."
They…
Vagina's Revenge: MI's Women Changing their Mind about Rick Santorum
Go figure. Us womenfolk don't like people to tell us what to do with our bodies.
PPP poll, February 13:
PPP Poll, February 19:
And here's an interesting detail from the February 19 poll: MI's Catholics don't like their fellow…
Elena Kagan Votes With Alito and Thomas To Undermine Miranda
When Elena Kagan was nominated, there were very few of us voicing strenuous objection, one of the primary reasons I did was her complete lack of experience in the adversarial system, especially with her total lack of knowledge and interest in…
Will SCOTUS Invent a "Database-and-Mining" Exception to the Fourth Amendment?
As I noted yesterday, the Administration appealed the 2nd Circuit Decision granting review of the FISA Amendments Act to the Supreme Court last week. I wanted to talk about their argument in more detail here.
Over at Lawfare, Steve Vladeck…
Iran Embraces Bush Doctrine, Press Pulls a Palin
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Among the many gaffes by Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential campaign, her "In what respect, Charlie?" response to Charles Gibson's "Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?"…
