Norman Hsu (Hillary fund-raiser) attorney defended 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh

Statement of James J. Brosnahan, Attorney for John Walker Lindh
Business Wire, Dec 17, 2001
News Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2001

The following is a statement from James J. Brosnahan, attorney for John Walker Lindh:

"There has been increasing discussion about what should happen to John in recent days. We still do not know what the facts are. All we've heard is speculation and rumor. No one from the outside, other than the Red Cross, has seen John. Whatever the accusation, John has Constitutional rights. Getting to the facts, allowing an accused person to talk with his attorney, ensuring that our system operates fairly regardless of the allegation -- that is what the Constitution was designed to protect.

"John's parents have received no communications from John other than a short note they received December 11, which was dictated to the International Red Cross and signed by John on December 3. They have had no confirmation that their letter to John was ever delivered to him. In that letter, John's parents told him that they have retained a lawyer for him. The only response John's parents or I have received to our repeated requests for information about John and to see John is a short letter from a lawyer at the Department of Defense, sent to me on December 14. All of the information in the letter had already been reported by various news outlets earlier that same day. That letter stated in its entirety:

"`This responds to your recent letters to the Secretary of Defense and to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. I can inform you that John Walker is currently in the control of United States armed forces and is being held aboard USS PELELIU in the theater of operations. Our forces have provided him with appropriate medical attention and will continue to treat him humanely, consistent with the Geneva Convention protections for prisoners of war.'

"John has a right to counsel. He has now been held in custody and reportedly subject to ongoing interrogations by various government agents for 16 days without any access to an attorney and without the ability to communicate with his family. We continue to seek the government's help in giving John's parents access to their son."

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1 posted on 09/07/2007 7:41:24 PM PDT by Libloather

It is breaking in Japan (internet, Yahoo Japan, etc) that Hilary Clinton is in trouble on this one.

2 posted on 09/07/2007 7:47:46 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)

Excellent research!!!!

This deserves to be in the ‘breaking news’ sidebar, if you ask me. I added it there - the mod’s may always move it, of course.

3 posted on 09/07/2007 7:47:56 PM PDT by jdm

Slime oozes all around the Clintons. And the Taliban. Sheister buttwipe.

4 posted on 09/07/2007 7:51:13 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)

He was inducted into The State Bar of California's "Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame" in April 1996

Is there a hall of fame for Doctors, Dentists, or Accountants?

5 posted on 09/07/2007 7:55:46 PM PDT by OCC

To: AmericanInTokyo

>>>...Hilary Clinton is in trouble on this one.

But, but, how will the RNC raise money without using Hillary as a scare tactic???? What a marketing nightmare!

;)

6 posted on 09/07/2007 7:58:31 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)

Did you happen to read that Jason Booth had worked at Justice for Janet Reno?

7 posted on 09/07/2007 7:58:54 PM PDT by BARLF

Where did Hsu get the money to hire this guy as lawyer?

8 posted on 09/07/2007 8:04:07 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)

Where did Hsu get the money to hire this guy as lawyer?

9 posted on 09/07/2007 8:04:10 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)

“Associate member of Office of Independent Counsel: Iran-Contra. Lead prosecutor in U.S. v. Caspar Weinberger (October-December 1992).”

Where did the money come from to hire this guy?

10 posted on 09/07/2007 8:06:48 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)

Why would you think money is a problem for Hsu?

He’s just pissed away 2 Million in bail forfeiture. He obviously has money to burn..

11 posted on 09/07/2007 8:10:53 PM PDT by Wil H (Islam translates to "submission", not "peace" - you can figure out the rest.)

so much scandal, so little time.

12 posted on 09/07/2007 8:11:24 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (I'm an endangered species. And I don't want your protection.)

Where did Hsu get his money, period?

13 posted on 09/07/2007 8:12:15 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)

To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

Where's the Washington Compost on this story?

I thought "follow the money" was one of their covenistic mantras.

14 posted on 09/07/2007 8:16:04 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)

15 posted on 09/07/2007 8:18:12 PM PDT by PGalt

I don’t know who is paying Hsu’s legal bills, but a “senior attorney” at MoFo (Morrison & Foerster) easily charges between $600 to $800 per hour if not more.

16 posted on 09/07/2007 8:23:59 PM PDT by Atticus

To: jdm; ALOHA RONNIE; Liz; Howlin; patriciaruth; RonDog; MurryMom

Excellent research!!!!

The internet will be the downfall of the RATS.

17 posted on 09/07/2007 8:25:01 PM PDT by Libloather (That's just what I need - some two-bit, washed up, loser politician giving me weather forecasts...)

18 posted on 09/07/2007 8:30:46 PM PDT by firewalk

I am liking that this story keeps growing tentacles.

19 posted on 09/07/2007 8:35:31 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)

To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

I am liking that this story keeps growing tentacles.

I'm wondering of this has anything to do with Hillary's 'tentacle lock box'...

20 posted on 09/07/2007 8:39:40 PM PDT by Libloather (That's just what I need - some two-bit, washed up, loser politician giving me weather forecasts...)

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