Cassel: Civil Liberties Watch tag:blogs.citypages.com,2008:/ecassel/55 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z Cassel: Civil Liberties Watch Movable Type Enterprise 1.51 Gotcha--Due Process With Vengeance tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34368 2005-11-30 19:13:34 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z On Tuesday, November 22, two cases that I had followed and written about since their inception took a strange turn. Jose Padilla’s case received the most attention. He is the American citizen who was picked up in Chicago in May... Elaine Cassel On Tuesday, November 22, two cases that I had followed and written about since their inception took a strange turn. Jose Padilla’s case received the most attention. He is the American citizen who was picked up in Chicago in May... Prosecutor Under Investigation in Detroit Terrorism Case tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34367 2005-11-20 06:47:07 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z I wrote about the case of the Detroit "sleeper cell" in my book, The War on Civil Liberties. When the book went to press, Judge Rosen was considering defense motions to set aside the verdicts. Apparently the Justice Department is... Elaine Cassel I wrote about the case of the Detroit "sleeper cell" in my book, The War on Civil Liberties. When the book went to press, Judge Rosen was considering defense motions to set aside the verdicts. Apparently the Justice Department is... The Shocking Case of Ahmed Omar Abu Ali tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34366 2005-11-09 17:03:03 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z http://writ.findlaw.com/cassel/20051107.html ---- The Shocking Trial of American Citizen Ahmed Abu Ali: Statements Procured Under Duress in a Saudi Prison Are Now Being Used by U.S. Prosecutors in a U.S. Court By ELAINE CASSEL ---- Monday, Nov. 07, 2005 Ahmed... Elaine Cassel http://writ.findlaw.com/cassel/20051107.html ---- The Shocking Trial of American Citizen Ahmed Abu Ali: Statements Procured Under Duress in a Saudi Prison Are Now Being Used by U.S. Prosecutors in a U.S. Court By ELAINE CASSEL ---- Monday, Nov. 07, 2005 Ahmed... FBI Conducting Widespread Surveillance on Americans tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34365 2005-11-05 21:57:47 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z As I have been predicting since the passage of the Patriot Act, the FBI is using "security letters" to conduct widespread surveillance of tens of thousands of Americans. The letters are simply demands from FBI Field Officers, for businesses, health... Elaine Cassel As I have been predicting since the passage of the Patriot Act, the FBI is using "security letters" to conduct widespread surveillance of tens of thousands of Americans. The letters are simply demands from FBI Field Officers, for businesses, health... Michael Brown's Emails tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34364 2005-11-03 15:25:50 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z Concerned about wardrobe and his dogs, Michael Brown preened while New Orleans sank. Should have gotten out of the job sooner, he sighs. True, and once again Congress was MIA when they approved this loser as head of FEMA. http://blogs.citypages.com/ecassel/2005/10/index.asp... Elaine Cassel Concerned about wardrobe and his dogs, Michael Brown preened while New Orleans sank. Should have gotten out of the job sooner, he sighs. True, and once again Congress was MIA when they approved this loser as head of FEMA. http://blogs.citypages.com/ecassel/2005/10/index.asp... A Moment of Truth tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34363 2005-10-29 18:43:34 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z The media is filled with Republican pundits, right-wring Christians, and arrogant politicians lambasting Patrick Fitzgerald for prosecuting Scooter Libby for lying to the FBI and the grand jury. Not a "real" crime, sniffs Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who, surely, being... Elaine Cassel The media is filled with Republican pundits, right-wring Christians, and arrogant politicians lambasting Patrick Fitzgerald for prosecuting Scooter Libby for lying to the FBI and the grand jury. Not a "real" crime, sniffs Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who, surely, being... John Roberts and the Death Penalty tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34362 2005-08-17 20:24:28 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z We have rightly heard a great deal of commentary on an important question: What would the confirmation of Judge John Roberts - who would take retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Supreme Court seat - mean for the right of privacy,... Elaine Cassel We have rightly heard a great deal of commentary on an important question: What would the confirmation of Judge John Roberts - who would take retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Supreme Court seat - mean for the right of privacy,... Why the Right Gets It Wrong tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34361 2005-08-07 09:36:33 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z Just running down the alphabet, I can describe the right-wing conservatives and corporations running our country: authoritarian, bullying, closed-minded, demanding, entitled, farcical, gutless, hypocritical, inconsistent, jarring, kowtowing, lame, mean-spirited, nasty, oppressive, power-hungry, quixotic, radical, sanctimonious, tyrannical, unconvincing, vicious, weak, xenophobic,... Elaine Cassel Just running down the alphabet, I can describe the right-wing conservatives and corporations running our country: authoritarian, bullying, closed-minded, demanding, entitled, farcical, gutless, hypocritical, inconsistent, jarring, kowtowing, lame, mean-spirited, nasty, oppressive, power-hungry, quixotic, radical, sanctimonious, tyrannical, unconvincing, vicious, weak, xenophobic,... Fenced Out of the Fourth of July tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34359 2005-07-04 05:54:18 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z By ELAINE CASSELOn July 4, 2003, I took my customary bike trip into DC from my home in Virginia. Along the Potomac River, across the bridge, onto the "National Mall," as it is called. The strip of land that runs... Elaine Cassel By ELAINE CASSELOn July 4, 2003, I took my customary bike trip into DC from my home in Virginia. Along the Potomac River, across the bridge, onto the "National Mall," as it is called. The strip of land that runs... Jeb Bush, Still Playing Politics Over the Dead Body of Terri Schiavo tag:mt.laweekly.com,2005:/min/ecassel//55.34358 2005-07-03 22:55:37 2007-06-27T00:09:18Z On March 31, Teresa "Terri" Schiavo died. But the controversy over her case, it turns out, may live on - not only in the media, but perhaps in court, as well. On June 15, Pinellas County Medical Examiner Jon... Elaine Cassel On March 31, Teresa "Terri" Schiavo died. But the controversy over her case, it turns out, may live on - not only in the media, but perhaps in court, as well. On June 15, Pinellas County Medical Examiner Jon...