By Mike Soraghan, The Hill Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Tuesday emphasized that his top deputy–who resigned Monday–agreed to and stood by his controversial firings of several U.S. attorneys. In an appearance at the National Press Club, Gonzales highlighted the role that Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty played in the handling of the U.S. attorneys and…
By Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times Even as the FBI hails as a major success story its breakup of an alleged plot by “radical Islamists” to kill soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., federal authorities acknowledge that the case has underscored a troubling vulnerability in the domestic war on terror. They say the FBI, despite an…
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla spent months battling over issues ranging from torture allegations to the meaning of “jihad.” They pored over classified material and Arabic translations and traveled overseas to interview witnesses. On Monday, the two sides were poised to start opening…
By Kirsten Scharnberg, The Chicago Tribune National Guard to deal with those disasters, as well as potential terrorist assaults, is so depleted by deployments to foreign wars and equipment shortfalls that Congress is considering moves to curtail the president’s powers over the Guard and require the Defense Department to analyze how prepared the country is…
