The FBI Wanted a Propagandist to Become an “Informant”
In a post focusing on the First Amendment problems with Tarek Mehanna’s conviction for serving as an al Qaeda propagandist, Glenn Greenwald posted the speech Mehanna made at sentencing. Most of the...
View ArticleWhy Is Tarek Mehanna Held to a Different Standard than the Hutaree Militia?
Over the last week, there were two must-read pieces arguing that the sentencing of Tarek Mehanna to 17.5 years in prison for conspiring to materially support terrorism threatens free speech. David...
View ArticleThe Jeremy Scahill Yemen Executive Order
For the record, I don’t think the Obama Administration would be so brazen as to freeze Jeremy Scahill’s assets because he reported critically on Obama’s Yemen policy. But the Executive Order they’re...
View ArticleHailing Carmen Ortiz While Ignoring Several Amendments
Main Justice has a bizarre post suggesting that those who excoriated Carmen Ortiz for her treatment of Aaron Swartz (and Tarek Mehanna and Russ Caswell, though MJ doesn’t name them by name) are now...
View ArticleEvan Kohlmann: Garbage In, Garbage Out
Trevor Aaronson has an important piece on one of DOJ’s several “terrorism experts,” Evan Kohlmann. He has long been mocked, to no avail, by defense attorneys working terrorism cases for his lack of...
View ArticleThe FBI Wanted a Propagandist to Become an “Informant”
In a post focusing on the First Amendment problems with Tarek Mehanna’s conviction for serving as an al Qaeda propagandist, Glenn Greenwald posted the speech Mehanna made at sentencing. Most of the...
View ArticleWhy Is Tarek Mehanna Held to a Different Standard than the Hutaree Militia?
Over the last week, there were two must-read pieces arguing that the sentencing of Tarek Mehanna to 17.5 years in prison for conspiring to materially support terrorism threatens free speech. David...
View ArticleThe Jeremy Scahill Yemen Executive Order
For the record, I don’t think the Obama Administration would be so brazen as to freeze Jeremy Scahill’s assets because he reported critically on Obama’s Yemen policy. But the Executive Order they’re...
View ArticleHailing Carmen Ortiz While Ignoring Several Amendments
Main Justice has a bizarre post suggesting that those who excoriated Carmen Ortiz for her treatment of Aaron Swartz (and Tarek Mehanna and Russ Caswell, though MJ doesn’t name them by name) are now...
View ArticleThe FBI Wanted a Propagandist to Become an “Informant”
In a post focusing on the First Amendment problems with Tarek Mehanna’s conviction for serving as an al Qaeda propagandist, Glenn Greenwald posted the speech Mehanna made at sentencing. Most of the...
View ArticleWhy Is Tarek Mehanna Held to a Different Standard than the Hutaree Militia?
Over the last week, there were two must-read pieces arguing that the sentencing of Tarek Mehanna to 17.5 years in prison for conspiring to materially support terrorism threatens free speech. David...
View ArticleThe Jeremy Scahill Yemen Executive Order
For the record, I don’t think the Obama Administration would be so brazen as to freeze Jeremy Scahill’s assets because he reported critically on Obama’s Yemen policy. But the Executive Order they’re...
View ArticleHailing Carmen Ortiz While Ignoring Several Amendments
Main Justice has a bizarre post suggesting that those who excoriated Carmen Ortiz for her treatment of Aaron Swartz (and Tarek Mehanna and Russ Caswell, though MJ doesn’t name them by name) are now...
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