Reno Files Challenge to Terror Law

Breitbart/AP ^ | 11-20-06 | Matt Apuzzo

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Former Attorney General Janet Reno and seven other former Justice Department officials filed court papers Monday arguing that the Bush administration is setting a dangerous precedent by trying a suspected terrorist outside the court system.

It was the first time that Reno, attorney general in the Clinton administration, has spoken out against the administration's policies on terrorism detainees, underscoring how contentious the court fight over the nation's new military commissions law has become. Former attorneys general rarely file court papers challenging administration policy.

Suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is the only detainee being held in the United States.

The former prosecutors challenged the Justice Department's right to bring al-Marri before a military commission.

A citizen of Qatar, he was arrested in 2001 while studying in the United States. He had faced criminal charges until authorities designated him an enemy combatant and ordered him held at a naval base in South Carolina.

The Justice Department said in court papers last week that a new anti- terrorism law strips detainees such as al-Marri of the right to challenge their imprisonment in court.

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Some of the eight attorneys named in the document are now in private practice and represent detainees at the military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Most served under President Clinton, though the list includes former U.S. Attorneys W. Thomas Dillard and Anton R. Valukas, who served under President Reagan.

"The existing criminal justice system is more than up to the task of prosecuting and bringing to justice those who plan or attempt terrorist acts within the United States _ without sacrificing any of the rights and protections that have been the hallmarks of the American legal system for more than 200 years," the attorneys wrote.

[weegee]

She was just another thug with a badge and a shakey nobody now. She's lucky she isn't rotting in jail for her crimes.

[lapdog]

But Reno can take credit for kidnapping a small boy at gun point from his family so he could be shipped back to Hell (Cuba). A proud moment in American history. /s

[Vinny]

"Former Attorney General Janet Reno...arguing that the Bush administration is setting a dangerous precedent..."

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WACO was a bad precedent.

Sending Elian Gonzalez back to "monster island" was a bad precedent and

Kicking in his relative's doors (american citizens) w/ armed fed. agents was a bad precedent.

[weegee]

No that was under Bush 41 but one of the same snipers was at Waco.

[NY Attitude]

It is amazing how jackbooted thugs just seem to get away with heinous crimes.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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JANET RENO =


ELIAN's -Cold Dead Eyes- in Cuba

http://www.Freerepublic.com/forum/a395a99a7020f.htm

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[freeplancer]

Did one of her girlfriends break up with her and now she has to much free time? Kid killer

[bybybill]

This is absolute insanity. These people have no sense of responsibility and live in a dream world.

YOUR VOTE IN 08 MEANS A LOT

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Can't she just stick to doing her beef jerky commercials?

[Cinnamon]

dumb old hag.. like she really stuck it to the Davidian compound.. up to the task eh? these people care more about terrorists than Americans on American soil.

[incredulous joe]

Do it for the children, Janet. sarc/

[GretchenM]

When America votes Democrat, the rats are emboldened to come out and try taking over the ship.

[Screamname]

.....arguing that the Bush administration is setting a dangerous precedent by trying a suspected terrorist outside the court system.

One terrorist looking out for another.

[PGalt]

FReeper comments BUMP!

[quietolong]

A Blast from the past.

Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation
http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/5/31/111455


And for extra points. Can anyone give the name of this that DID pass?

[freema]

Beat me to it. Sista Soldya.

[Jack Hammer]

Apparently, incinerating an entire religious cult - men, women, and children - doesn't count, nor does the extralegal execution of Idaho survivalists or grabbing a kid at gunpoint and shipping him off to a Caribbean commie sh*t hole to serve as a tyrant's political pawn. Fatuous individual, and all too characteristic of the benighted and utterly corrupt Bubba Administration during America's Dark Age.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Janet Reno Test - Spot the Terrorist

[redstates4ever]

[popdonnelly]

Having lived through eight years of one of the worst Attorney Generals of all time, Ms. Janet Reno, I am appalled that this woman has the nerve to interfere in her successor's policy. And was it not Ms. Reno who appointed Jamie Gorelick, who did so much to protect us from terrorism? (big sarcasm there)