On AlterNet: patrick leahy
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Doug Kendall, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 13, 2009.
The Republicans come out swinging against judicial empathy and the infamous 'wise Latina' remark.
John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. June 22, 2009.
In a ruling Monday, the Court gave state and local officials new flexibility to 'opt out' of a key part of the anti-discrimination law.
Teo Ballvé, The Nation. June 2, 2009.
As Congress prepares to debate new Plan Colombia funding, it's time to investigate how money for biofuels is linked to violence and bloodshed.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 29, 2009.
The lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memo explain why prosecutions, not a truth commission, are the only right thing.
Dan DeWalt, Charlotte Dennett, John Nirenberg, Martha Hennessy, After Downing Street. April 2, 2009.
Sen. Patrick Leahy has attempted to form a "truth commission" to begin investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. He can't do it alone.
Martin Garbus, Huffington Post. March 9, 2009.
Judges and jurors, not politicians or unelected commission members, should determine whether Bush & Co. broke the law.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 4, 2009.
Witnesses' ranged from calling a commission a "profoundly bad idea" to "critically important."
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.
We need a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute criminal lawyers like John Yoo who gave Bush et al legal cover.
Ben Protess, ProPublica. February 18, 2009.
A new report recommends taking forensics out of the hands of the DOJ and creating a new agency to police crime labs.
John Nichols, The Nation. February 10, 2009.
Obama is rebuffing even the most feeble attempts at accountability for the crimes of the Bush administration.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 22, 2008.
"He could launch the kind of devastating attack the world has never seen."
