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Osama bin Laden

19 hrs ago | The Columbian

Woman says jail guards violent

A Hazel Dell woman accused a pair of Clark County jail guards of excessive violence this week for allegedly tackling and injuring her after a sarcastic remark.

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Related Topix: Vancouver, WA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Clark County, WA

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Buzzle.com

Terrorism: Why Does Government Help It?

This article looks at the actual intention of terrorist attacks. It also asks why does government seem so eager to help terrorists achieve their goal? Nobody seriously thinks that a handful of nutcases with high explosives under their anoraks are going to take over and enslave Great Britain, let alone the mighty United States.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Prison

Wed Nov 25, 2009

WMFE

'The Right War Gone Wrong'

When it began eight years ago, the war in Afghanistan was the right war, the good war, the moral war.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, George Bush, W., Princeton, NJ

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Cybercast News Service

Sen. Feinstein: Reading Osama bin Laden Miranda Rights a 'Murky Area'

Senator Diane Feinstein told CNSNews.com that whether U.S. troops would have to read Osama bin Laden his Miranda rights upon capture was a "murky area" and Americans should trust the judgment of Attorney General Eric Holder who, unlike his predecessors, was "not blemished in any way." Under U.S. law, a person who is arrested or placed in legal ...

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Related Topix: Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Republican, Lindsey Graham

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Cybercast News Service

Rep. Kucinich Says Everyone, Including Osama Bin Laden, Should Get the Same 'Basic Rights'

When asked whether al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden should have the right to remain silent and be given a lawyer, Rep.

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Related Topix: Dennis Kucinich, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Nancy Pelosi, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham

The Hindu

The autonomous jihad in America

Once distant enemies now pose a real threat to the U.S. at home. "By god," said al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in a 2002 broadcast, "the youths of god are preparing for you things that would fill your hearts with terror and target your economic lifeline until you stop your oppression and aggression." Ever since February, authorities have detected ...

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

AZCentral.com

Pelosi dismisses Miranda question for terrorists

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to answer whether the U.S. should provide a lawyer and read Miranda rights to Osama bin Laden if he were captured by American forces.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Power Line

Leahy Lunacy

We noted last night that under the Obama administration's law-enforcement approach to terrorism, if we capture Osama bin Laden the first things we'll have to do are read him his rights and get him a free lawyer.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Cybercast News Service

Holder Can't Say Whether Osama Bin Laden Would Be Tried in Civilian or Military Court

Graham, a former military prosecutor, grilled Holder as if the attorney general were himself on trial, telling Holder that by trying an enemy combatant in a civilian court "We're making history here bad history." When asked by Graham what the U.S. would do if it caught Bin Laden, Holder said he "didn't know" and that the U.S. would have to "go ...

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Terrorism, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham

New Statesman

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

'People are surprised when I say I'm the son of Osama Bin Laden' What is it like having the world's most infamous surname? I am proud to have the name of my grandfather, Mohammed Bin Laden.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Power Line

Reading Bin Laden His Rights

Lindsay Graham frequently drives us crazy, but it can't be denied that he has his moments.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Springfield News Leader

Fort Hood victims mourned, laid to rest across U.S.

Kiel, Wis. -- Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Fort Sill

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Mirror.co.uk

Where is Osama bin Laden?

The mastermind of 9/11 and four of his lieutenants will face trial in a civilian New York court, yards from Ground Zero.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, World News, Pakistan, Asia

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Chicago Indymedia

Osama bin Laden as U.S. Anti-Christ:

The greatest terrorist known to the Christian world is the Anti-Christ - he represents all the fear mongering any religion could possibly create.

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Related Topix: Prison, Terrorism, Drugs, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Star Tribune

'Mastermind of 9/11' gets his day

Not long after he was rousted from his bed and seized in a predawn raid in Pakistan in March 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed gave his captors two demands: He wanted a lawyer, and he wanted to be taken to New York.

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Related Topix: New York, Prison, US Military Prisons, Terrorism

Sat Nov 14, 2009

SF Sentinel

Who are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the Other Accused Terrorists?

Who are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other accused terrorists? Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others are to stand trial in New York.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Chicago, IL, World News, Yemen, Middle East

KVII

Some Fort Hood victims' funerals set for Saturday

Services are being held Saturday for at least six of the victims in cities ranging from San Diego to the 3,500-resident town of Kiel, Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Kiel, WI

MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderd...

Some Fort Hood victims' funerals set for Saturday

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, and ...

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Fri Nov 13, 2009

CNN

Opinion: Put Osama bin Laden on trial

There is virtually no chance that bin Laden would walk free from a U.S. courtroom.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Terrorism, Opinion

WTKR-TV Norfolk

A look at the 10 Guantanamo detainees headed to the US to face trials, military commissions

Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism

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