Posted on October 3, 2009 by yojoe
We knew Chris Rock was a great comedian and actor, but who knew his was one of the few people in Hollywood with a moral compass? This is what Rock had to say about Roman Polanski and his legal problems:
“It’s rape. People are defending Roman Polanski because he made some good movies? Are you [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2009 by yojoe
Al Qaeda terrorist wanted by the FBI is killed in Somalia.
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Posted on September 16, 2009 by yojoe
Administration to seek 60 day delay in military commission cases, including the 9/11 case.
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Posted on July 28, 2009 by yojoe
Here is an update from SCOTUSBLOG on U.S. v. Jawad,’
Urging a federal judge to order the immediate release of a young prisoner from Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers warned on Tuesday of a constitutional confrontation if the Obama Administration resists such an order.
In the new filing by attorneys for Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan national, they argued: [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by yojoe
From AP,
A retired State Department worker and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for Cuba for three decades, using grocery carts among their array of tools to pass U.S. secrets to the communist government in a security breach one official described as “incredibly serious.”
An indictment unsealed Friday said Walter Kendall Myers worked [...]
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Posted on June 2, 2009 by yojoe
The latest on the military commissions being held in Guantanamo Bay,
Judge Patrick Parrish, a US Army colonel, decided to publicly hear arguments in the case of Omar Khadr, who was 15 years old when he allegedly killed a US sergeant with a grenade.
The case highlights the many challenges President Barack Obama faces in changing the [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by yojoe
Inmate Jonathan Lee Riches to be named most litigious man by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Posted on May 14, 2009 by yojoe
From WSJ,
The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil — indefinitely and without trial — as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The proposal being floated with members of Congress is another indication of President Barack Obama’s [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2009 by yojoe
President Obama to announce that he will continue to use military commissions to try detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Posted on April 20, 2009 by yojoe
David Simon, creator of the HBO show The Wire, is filming a new show Treme, based in New Orleans.
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Posted on April 16, 2009 by yojoe
Somali pirates want revenge not money after the captain of USS BAINBRIDGE was rescued.
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Posted on April 15, 2009 by yojoe
Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich’s lawsuit against Congressman John Murtha, regarding statements the congressman made about the deaths of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, has been dismissed.
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Posted on April 7, 2009 by yojoe
From the AP,
Colombian Navy chief Adm. Guillermo Barrera told a counterterrorism conference in Bogota last week that 23 semi-submersibles capable of carrying between 4 and 10 metric tons each have been seized in the past three years.
Though semi-submersibles aren’t new to cocaine transport, a bigger, sleeker, more sophisticated variety that average about 60 feet [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2009 by yojoe
Military judge rules that CBS does not have to turnover tapes of an interview with SSgt Frank Wuterich. The interview was about his involvement in the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha Iraq.
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Posted on February 7, 2009 by yojoe
Somali pirates receive bounty for Ukrainian freighter loaded with weapons.
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Posted on January 29, 2009 by yojoe
Connecticut judge is arrested for DUI after hitting a police car. She then goes on to repeatedly call the arresting officer a negro, and made other racist remarks.
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Congress Approves Funds To Send Detainees To United States For Trial
Congress agrees to provide funding to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States for trial.
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