Posts Tagged ‘Crimes’

Should Soldiers Be Reimbursed For Legal Costs If They Are Acquited Of A Crime?

Navy Seals Were Heroes … Even Before They Were Proven Innocent — Daily Inter Lake

“Where do I go to get my reputation back?” former Labor Secretary Ray Donovan famously asked after being acquitted of fraud and larceny in 1987.

That same question, in spades, could be asked by Matthew McCabe and his fellow Navy Seals who were charged with crimes related to the apprehension and detention of a terrorist who said he was “roughed up” by his guards.

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My Comment:
I am torn by this question.

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A Critic On Civilian Trials For Terrorists Speaks Out

Andrew McCarthy, a former federal terrorism prosecutor, has attacked the Obama administration for supporting civilian justice for terrorists. Richard Perry/The New York Times


Top Terror Prosecutor Is a Critic of Civilian Trials — New York Times

He was the lead prosecutor 15 years ago in one of the country’s biggest terrorism trials: a group of men led by a blind Egyptian sheik had plotted to blow up the United Nations, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels and other city landmarks.

“Are you ready to surrender the rule of law to the men in this courtroom?” the prosecutor, Andrew C.

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How The Fraudsters Are Taking Advantage Of Iraq’s Fragile Security Forces

An Iraqi police officer using a bomb detector that has been likened to a dowsing rod.
(Khalil Al-Murshidi/AFP/Getty Images )

Iraqis spent $80m On ADE651 Bomb Detectors Described As Useless — Times Online

The Iraqi parliament is looking into the sale by a British company of “bomb detectors” costing millions of pounds amid claims that they do not work.

In the past two years Iraq’s security forces have spent more than $80 million (£47 million) on the detectors made by ATSC Ltd, based in Yeovil, Somerset.

The devices, which consist of little more than a telescopic radio aerial on a black plastic handle, were each sold for the price of a new car and are in use at army and police checkpoints across the bomb-ravaged country.

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My Comment: One cannot help but scream at this situation.

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New report exposes human trafficking into the UK

A new report from the UK reveals the hidden crimes of human trafficking that exists in the country. The report says that social workers fail the children by not rescuing them their slavery.

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US Moves On Domestic Jihadis: A List Of Arrests

From The Long War Journal:

In recent months, the US has experienced an alarming rise in jihadist activity. In the last two months alone, five terror plots have been foiled by the FBI, and there have been dozens of other arrests for various related crimes, such as providing material support for terrorists.

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