CQ Homeland Securit: Interrogation Commission Proponents Unswayed by Pelosi Controversy The chief House proponent of a commission to investigate Bush administration interrogation techniques is moving ahead despite the possibility Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be embarrassed by what such a probe uncovers. Democratic backers of such a commission said Republicans have been focusing on what Pelosi […]
Congress and Waterboarding – WSJ.com Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy wants an independent investigation of Bush administration officials. House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers feels the Justice Department should investigate and prosecute anyone who violated laws against committing torture. Are these and other similarly minded Democrats willing to have Mrs. Pelosi thrown into their stew of […]
Security Debrief contributor Asa Hutchinson generated a number of national headlines recently when he went before the U.S. Senate to testify in favor of ending the disparity between sentencing guidelines for crack and powder cocaine.
Draft legislation is circulating on the Hill to repeal the REAL ID Act. Passed in 2005, with bipartisan support, the REAL ID Act requires states to assure that any identity cards used for a federal purpose (like passing through a Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint before boarding a plane) be issued only to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States.
Terror suspects slip past FBI watch list – Washington Times Nearly eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI’s terrorist watch list is so flawed that at least 10 people who should have been kept out of the United States were allowed to cross its borders, an internal audit released Wednesday shows. Department of […]
House GOP Introduces Keep Terrorists Out of America Act | Republican Leader John Boehner House Republicans today introduced the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act, legislation aimed at stopping the transfer or release of terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States.
The Ruckus Society : Ruckus Interviewed about Response to Homeland Security Report The Department of Homeland Security released a report early this year titled, “Leftwing Extremists Likely to Increase Use of Cyber Attacks over the Coming Decade”. In it, The Ruckus Society is targeted as an “anarchist extremist” group. Below is a transcript of an interview Ruckus […]
Tickle The Wire » The Debate Continues: Ex-CIA Agent Robert Baer Says Torture Doesn’t Work A former CIA analyst recently attacked FBI Director Robert Mueller For saying torture doesn’t work. Well, ex-CIA agent Robert Baer apparently agrees with Mueller. We know we wouldn’t have to torture Dick Cheney to get his opinion on this.
News Analysis – Path to Justice, but Bumpy, for Terrorists – NYTimes.com For years, legal experts have debated whether terrorism suspects held as enemy combatants by the Bush administration could be effectively tried within the criminal justice system. On Thursday, in one of the first such cases resolved before a civilian judge, an answer began […]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on why I believe there must be reform of the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
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