Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and in total worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker The decision of where and in what forum—civilian court or military commission—to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants…
Steven Levin, a defense attorney with the law firm Levin & Gallagher, is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney. Prior to that, he served on active duty for seven years in the United States Army as a defense counsel, an appellate attorney and a trial attorney. By Steven Levin Finally, there is hope that the Obama…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has always tried to be a good host to the countless visitors who come to the Big Apple each year. But he seems to be changing his tune about playing host to suspected mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four others, who are supposed…
By Eugene Robinson The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to bring the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other accused terrorists to New York for trial can’t seriously believe the city will have trouble handling the expected “trial of the century” hoopla. The critics can’t really…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Summer is long gone, but get ready for some serious grilling — Washington style. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled Wednesday morning to go before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the “Oversight of the Department of Justice” and get grilled on such subjects as Fort Hood and the…
Could we have prevented the 9/11 attacks? That’s the question we continue to ask. At the time, we certainly could have been doing more. FBI counter-terrorism agent John O’Neill kept warning us of an attack while at the FBI. He eventually left the agency and became director of security at the World Trade Center. He…
On the eve of the 8th anniversary of one of the most dreadful days in American history, Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano puts it best: “We have come a long way, but we have a ways to go.” By Lois Romano Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — On the eve of the anniversary of the…
As Andrew Cochran points out, there’s so much we still don’t know about what happened on 9/11. Time for some of that transparency the Obama administration has promised. By Andrew Cochran Counterterrorism Blog Here is what we still don’t know, over seven years after the 9/11 attacks, about airline and airport security on that day:…
