Comments on: Yoo Lawyers Up for a Shot at the 9th http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:35:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: x174 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173573 x174 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:27:32 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173573 <p>Peter D. Greenspun</p> <p><a href="http://www.greenspunlawoffice.com/jsp2565961.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.greenspunlawoffice.com/jsp2565961.jsp</a></p> Peter D. Greenspun

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]]> By: DeadLast http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173556 DeadLast Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:08:04 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173556 <p>The 9th???</p> <p>He must be betting <strike>dis</strike>Honorable Judge Jay S. Bybee will be able to hear the case, given his intimate knowledge of how the Justice Department works and his long-time support for employee protections.</p> The 9th???

He must be betting disHonorable Judge Jay S. Bybee will be able to hear the case, given his intimate knowledge of how the Justice Department works and his long-time support for employee protections.

]]> By: fatster http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173514 fatster Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:45:45 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173514 <p>Does this help?</p> <p>“Defense lawyers for Rosen and Weissman — Abbe D. Lowell and John Nassikas — credited the government for dismissing the charges, saying that the investigation has been misguided since the FBI first searched AIPAC’s offices in 2004.”</p> <p><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/02/nation/na-aipac2" rel="nofollow">http://articles.latimes.com/20...../na-aipac2</a></p> Does this help?

“Defense lawyers for Rosen and Weissman — Abbe D. Lowell and John Nassikas — credited the government for dismissing the charges, saying that the investigation has been misguided since the FBI first searched AIPAC’s offices in 2004.”

http://articles.latimes.com/20…../na-aipac2

]]> By: earlofhuntingdon http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173510 earlofhuntingdon Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:32:44 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173510 <p>The DoJ may have dropped its representation of Yoo, but is it - and we - still paying for it? In which, the cost just jumped an order of magnitude.</p> The DoJ may have dropped its representation of Yoo, but is it – and we – still paying for it? In which, the cost just jumped an order of magnitude.

]]> By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173498 bmaz Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:52:56 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173498 <p>I am kind of fascinated by that as well.</p> I am kind of fascinated by that as well.

]]> By: Mary http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173496 Mary Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:40:42 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173496 <p>What grounds are Yoo and his lawyers giving for their withdrawal and who is paying for his appellate lawyers? </p> <p>BTW - did anyone ask Kagan about recusal if Goldsmith is investigated for his advice that taking out of the country for torture sessions is ok as long as everyone is back by curfew?</p> What grounds are Yoo and his lawyers giving for their withdrawal and who is paying for his appellate lawyers?

BTW – did anyone ask Kagan about recusal if Goldsmith is investigated for his advice that taking out of the country for torture sessions is ok as long as everyone is back by curfew?

]]> By: lysias http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173491 lysias Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:20:04 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173491 <p>Bybee would of course recuse himself in a case involving Yoo. If he were foolish enough to want to stay on the panel, the chief judge of the circuit would certainly talk sense into him.</p> Bybee would of course recuse himself in a case involving Yoo. If he were foolish enough to want to stay on the panel, the chief judge of the circuit would certainly talk sense into him.

]]> By: acquarius74 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173489 acquarius74 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:07:28 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173489 <p>Bob, one of them is <strong>Mark Swanner</strong>, CIA agent/interrogator of Manadel Al Jamadi AKA “the Iceman”. <strong>Al Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib while Swanner was interrogating him. </strong> Al Jamadi’s picture showing his dead body packed in ice with the female bending over him with thumbs-up is among those first seen from Abu Ghraib. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/14/051114fa_fact" rel="nofollow">Here is a NY Times article about Swanner, </a>who is apparently still employed by the CIA even though the CIA referred his case to DOJ for further investigation. </p> <p>I mentioned yesterday in a comment at EW that these dusty cases would probably be the first to see any action in prosecuting the torturers. </p> <p>Thanks for the name you gave. Now I know of 2 of the 8 or 9 names the CIA itself referred for investigation and were left to gather dust by the Bush/Cheney DOJ.</p> Bob, one of them is Mark Swanner, CIA agent/interrogator of Manadel Al Jamadi AKA “the Iceman”. Al Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib while Swanner was interrogating him. Al Jamadi’s picture showing his dead body packed in ice with the female bending over him with thumbs-up is among those first seen from Abu Ghraib. Here is a NY Times article about Swanner, who is apparently still employed by the CIA even though the CIA referred his case to DOJ for further investigation.

I mentioned yesterday in a comment at EW that these dusty cases would probably be the first to see any action in prosecuting the torturers.

Thanks for the name you gave. Now I know of 2 of the 8 or 9 names the CIA itself referred for investigation and were left to gather dust by the Bush/Cheney DOJ.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173486 cinnamonape Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:42:52 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173486 <p>Yeah, noticed Bybee sitting down there as #43 on the list. But what amazed me is how few Bush appointees are in the 8th Circuit. Seems that judges really held off on retirement to prevent Dubya from making appointments.</p> Yeah, noticed Bybee sitting down there as #43 on the list. But what amazed me is how few Bush appointees are in the 8th Circuit. Seems that judges really held off on retirement to prevent Dubya from making appointments.

]]> By: behindthefall http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/comment-page-1/#comment-173484 behindthefall Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:32:35 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/13/yoo-lawyers-up-for-a-shot-at-the-9th/#comment-173484 <p>Compare that text to anything you have ever seen or heard her say: she did not write that piece. She may have blathered on for five minutes over the phone, but that is the product of >= 1 editor. (And probably one with less hair now than he or she started with.)</p> Compare that text to anything you have ever seen or heard her say: she did not write that piece. She may have blathered on for five minutes over the phone, but that is the product of >= 1 editor. (And probably one with less hair now than he or she started with.)

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