Whistleblower Charges Justice Dept. with Misconduct (Chertoff)

[wildflower]

(I couldn't fit whole headline in subject)

Whistleblower Charges Justice Dept. with Misconduct in Chertoff's Prosecution of John Walker Lindh

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But as his record comes under fresh scrutiny, questions are being raised about his handling of the case of John Walker Lindh - the so-called American Taliban. As head of the criminal division of the Justice Department, the 2002 prosecution of Lindh was one of Chertoff"s biggest triumphs.

But the case resurfaced the following year in Senate confirmation hearings after Chertoff was nominated to be a federal appellate judge. At that time, Senate Democrats questioned Chertoff extensively about concerns that the FBI might have improperly questioned Lindh in Afghanistan even though his family had hired a lawyer for him.

The questioning yielded potentially damaging admissions from Lindh that factored into his decision to later plead guilty to felony charges, resulting in his 20-year prison sentence.

At his 2003 confirmation hearing, Chertoff said he and his deputies did not have an active role in discussions about ethics warnings in the case from lawyers elsewhere in the department. But a Justice Department whistleblower tells a different story.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/13/1455248

[BrainRants]

1. Countdown to engaging the GOP smear machine...

10...9...8...

[tlcandie]

2. We must have posted simultaneously ... listening to this now ..

Other links from DemocracyNOW!....

http://www.cradl.info/pages/3 /

Anatomy of a Whistleblower
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/01/12_404....

Trials of Radack
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1056139907383

May 22, 2003 Statement by Senator Edward M. Kennedy Regarding the Nomination of Michael Chertoff
http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront/docs/pr_kennedy....

EDIT: Amy Goodman interviews Jessica on DEMOCRACYNOW! today.

[Ranec]

3. The B*sh ship is slowly sinking

The leaks are sprouting everywhere.

My heart bleeds. :bounce:

On edit: I heard about this on Unfiltered, apparently it started as an article in the New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/13/politics/13home.html?oref=login

(Requires registration. Those bastards!)

[pk_du]

6. FYI....never register again at any site...use

www.bugmenot.com to get a fake ID/password

[NashVegas]

4. The Saddest / Funniest Things About These Loser AG Nominees

Is that John Ashcroft starts looking pretty good in comparison.

[Ripley]

5. Bite your tongue!

John "I'm afraid of calico cats and dancing" Ashcroft?????

[AlCzervik]

7. She was on AAR this morning and made a compelling case

Expect the smears and trashing of her to being anytie now.

[Ranec]

8. I only heard a little of the interview..

but it sounds like Chertoff was no doubt deeply involved.

I hope to hear some Dem senators begin shouting soon.

[AlCzervik]

9. she had a rough time after wards, they tried to get her

fired from the law firm she went to work at, they put her on the "No-fly" list and she was investigated and had charges filed against her that ultimately got dismissed.