A group that includes leading conservative lawyers and policy experts, former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and several senior officials of the last Bush administration is denouncing as “shameful” Republican attacks on lawyers who came to the Obama Justice Department after representing suspected terrorists.
Senate Republicans have demanded details of the lawyers' past work and Liz Cheney’s group “Keep America Safe” has questioned their “values." A drumbeat of Republican criticism forced the Justice Department reluctantly to identify seven of them last week. But the harshness of the criticism – Keep America Safe labeled a group of them the “Al Qaeda Seven” — has provoked a backlash from across the legal establishment.
“We consider these attacks both unjust to the individuals in question and destructive of any attempt to build lasting mechanisms for counterterrorism adjudications,” wrote the 19 lawyers whose names were attached to the statement as of early Monday.
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when did ken ****ing starr become the standard bearer for moral political activity?
Do you want to discuss the other lawyers who signed the letter?
no, i was focused on the presentation that ken starr is somehow the one who benchmarks the morality of political activity
that is an absurd proposition
but since it is your thread maybe you will be able to explain why he holds that status (in your world view)
Ken Star did his job, and damn good job at that given the sensitivity of the issue and viciousness of attacks upon him.when did ken ****ing starr become the standard bearer for moral political activity?
Present your evidence that Ken Starr did anything underhanded ever?no, i was focused on the presentation that ken starr is somehow the one who benchmarks the morality of political activity
that is an absurd proposition
but since it is your thread maybe you will be able to explain why he holds that status (in your world view)
What is it Ken Starr did that makes his name familiar? He wasn't the lead investigator into Clinton's sex trails was he?
All meaningless rhetoric, read about him. All he did was his job. You don't like him because he found out the obvious truth about Clinton and put it in a report.That's the guy. He started off chasing another rabbit and eventually found something to go after Clinton with for the high crime of not being a conservative republican. Eventually Clinton got tripped up by the whole thing and performed an actual crime. (For the record, I don't care what he did with Lewinsky since they are both adults and it did not affect his job performance.)
I do not doubt the same thing will happen to Obama if the Republicans get in charge of either the house or the senate.
That's the guy. He started off chasing another rabbit and eventually found something to go after Clinton with for the high crime of not being a conservative republican. Eventually Clinton got tripped up by the whole thing and performed an actual crime.
That's the guy. He started off chasing another rabbit and eventually found something to go after Clinton with for the high crime of not being a conservative republican. Eventually Clinton got tripped up by the whole thing and performed an actual crime. (For the record, I don't care what he did with Lewinsky since they are both adults and it did not affect his job performance.)
I do not doubt the same thing will happen to Obama if the Republicans get in charge of either the house or the senate.
Senate Republicans have demanded details of the lawyers' past work and Liz Cheney’s group “Keep America Safe” has questioned their “values." A drumbeat of Republican criticism forced the Justice Department reluctantly to identify seven of them last week. But the harshness of the criticism – Keep America Safe labeled a group of them the “Al Qaeda Seven” — has provoked a backlash from across the legal establishment.
she's not just wrong, she's a repulsive bitch.If he were the ONLY lawyer on the right attacking Cheney's position, I might question that myself. But that's not the case. But if you want to set your eyes on him, be my guest. I feel confident that Cheney is wrong on this issue whether Ken Starr says so or not.
yes, it's a necessary role. let's remember that everyone who goes on trial isn't guilty. there's nothing immoral about these people doing their jobs.I"m not really sure why we'd want defense attorneys who represented terrorists working as prosecutors for the Dept. of Justice. That makes my eyebrows go up, frankly.
I'll be honest...I'm not a fan of defense attorneys. They have their role. It's a necessary role. However, some of the people they represent are completely despicable, and I'm kind of shocked at the morality of the people who choose to be associated with those types.
Ken Star did his job, and damn good job at that given the sensitivity of the issue and viciousness of attacks upon him.
she's not just wrong, she's a repulsive bitch.
yes, it's a necessary role. let's remember that everyone who goes on trial isn't guilty. there's nothing immoral about these people doing their jobs.
No its just flat out stupid. Thats like hiring Johnny Cockran to prosecute murderers.
Exactly. For one thing, we need the prosecutors in federal DOJ to be top notch. They have to work closely with the federal law enforcement agencies, sharing sensitive information on cases. They need to have a strong prosecution background. They need to be the best of the best.
Is this seriously the best we can do???
His aim, he wrote, was to push for Justice to release their names and to raise “the question of whether former pro bono lawyers for terrorists should be working on detainee policy for the Justice Department.”
No its just flat out stupid. Thats like hiring Johnny Cockran to prosecute murderers.
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