Intoxination

Tag: justice system

Sep 1
2009

What Does 9/11 Mark?

Misc

I was just reading Cohen’s latest piece of crap-o-la over at the WaPo. First let’s start with this: Attorney General Eric Holder has named a special prosecutor to see whether any of the CIA’s interrogators broke the law. Special prosecutors are often themselves like interrogators — they don’t know when to stop. They go on […]

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May 16
2009
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Putting The Death Penalty Into Perspective

Misc

Via Sullivan comes this very interesting map: I would be happy to see us become a green colored nation, but wouldn’t mind becoming blue either. Of course we need more than an abolishment of the death penalty; we also need an entire overhaul of our justice system. When it comes to per populace incarceration rates, […]

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Feb 22
2007

"The Cloud Over Cheney"

Misc

That is the latest piece by Froomkin in today’s WaPo talking about the Libby trial: There is a cloud over the vice president . . . And that cloud remains because this defendant obstructed justice,” Fitzgerald said. “There is a cloud over the White House. Don’t you think the FBI and the grand jury and […]

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Oct 14
2006

Does This Seem Right?

Misc

This is a great democracy – where your opponent can decide if your allowed to vote or not: A challenge of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland’s residency that would keep him from voting Election Day has been sent to his rival in the governor’s race: Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. The challenge filed by Jacquelyn […]

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Oct 2
2006

What Page Board Investigation?

Misc

Hastert and Shimkus have talked about this investigation and were saying it was done by the Page Board. The Democratic member of the board said he was not told of any such investigation, or of the emails from Foley. Now the second member, of the three member board, has come forward and said she was […]

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Jun 19
2006

Can You Hear The Pardon Drums Beating Louder?

Misc

Newsday gives us this nice little bit of information: Now that top White House aide Karl Rove is off the hook in the CIA leak probe, President George W. Bush must weigh whether to pardon former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the only one indicted in the three-year investigation. Speculation about a pardon […]

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May 11
2006

Your Phone Has Been Tapped

Misc

Last night we were slapped with this very disturbing piece of news: The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter. The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, or OPR, sent a fax […]

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Mar 17
2006

More Witness Coaching?

Misc

The Judge in the Moussaoui case has accepted a compromise with prosecutors: The federal judge in the death penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui accepted a government compromise Friday that will allow prosecutors to present new witnesses about aviation security Judge Leonie Brinkema in a written order said prosecutors could present exhibits and a […]

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Jul 9
2005

A Sad Hypocrisy

Misc

Protests were being held this week outside of the courthouse in sunny Aruba. The people gathering were protesting the negative press their justice system was getting by the United States Media and also by the mother of missing teen Natalee Holloway. Beth Holloway-Twitty, the mother of the missing teen spoke out this week against the […]

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