The New York Times has instructive profiles on the four other persons that have been designated for trial in Federal District Court in the Southern District of New York. Reporter Liz Robbins writes:
Walid Muhammad Salih bin Attash
Walid Muhammad Salih bin Attash, known as Khallad, has told investigators that he played many roles in Al Qaeda, from acting as a bodyguard …
The blog Main Justice reports:
Former Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey on Friday criticized the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute a group of terrorism suspects accused in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in federal court, warning of safety risks to Americans and the possibility that national security information could be aired in civilian proceedings.
His speech to the conservative Federalist Society — …
Here is the Press Release:
Departments of Defense and Justice Announce Forum Decisions for Ten Guantanamo Bay Detainees
The Departments of Defense and Justice today announced forum decisions for ten detainees at Guantanamo Bay whose cases were previously charged in military commissions, including five detainees accused of conspiring to commit the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and a detainee accused of orchestrating …
Here is the text from the State Department website:
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first of all, there is not a meeting. There may very well be the opportunity for our leaders, including myself, including the President, to meet the leaders of Burma – something that we have not done before. But we just recently concluded a very successful visit by Assistant Secretary …
The White House website reports:
President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals today:
Erin C. Conaton, Nominee for Under Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense
Erin C. Conaton is currently the staff director for the House of Representatives’ Committee on Armed Services (HASC). In that capacity, she serves as the primary advisor to Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) and …
Foreign Policy’s The Cable is reporting this afternoon:
Senate Foreign Relations chairman John Kerry promised swift proceedings for Rajiv Shah, President Obama’s impending nominee for administration of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
In an interview with The Cable, Kerry said he has been notified that the White House has chosen Shah, the USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics and Chief …
Two previous posts have discussed the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Over at Running Chicken my friend Professor Ari Kohen has an excellent post on the fall of the Wall entitled Der Mauerfall. Kohen writes:
There has been – and there will be yet – a great deal written about the twentieth anniversary of the fall of …
Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.
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