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FBI Raids Offices of Obama's Cheif Technology Officer
Ace of Spades HQ —
... No reason offered as to why. Somewhat related -- Obama decided to appoint Tony Ward, John "American Taliban" Lindh's zealous lawyer, to the Justice Department's Civil Rights division. And also related: ...
Hopechange: Obama Appoints American Taliban Lawyer to Justice
The Jawa Report —
... linked Lileks this morning and reading the post I kept thinking what was the point? All this is old news, right? I mean, of course Johnny Walker Lindh -- the American Taliban -- was a traitor and any lawyer who believed there's anything admirable about a guy who leaves the greatest country on Earth (note to liberals: that would be America ) to go fight to help one of the most repressive governments on Earth (note to liberals: that would be the Taliban ) would have to be either a first class America hater or the poster child of moral equivocation. Tony West, Taliban ...
Quote of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... “I mention this for one reason: Tony Ward is the President’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Civil Division. If you want to know how far we are past 9/11, there’s your answer: John Walker Lindh’s defense attorney is going to work for Justice .”
Media Forgets Obama's Nominee to Justice Dept. Was a Terrorist's Lawyer
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... of the hearing having occurred. Apparently there was nothing of interest in West’s nomination.
Curiously enough, though, not one of these brief reports mention that Tony West was "American Taliban" terrorist John Walker Lindh's defense lawyer. Another key bit of info left out of these announcements was that Tony West raised $65 million for Obama's presidential campaign. Money well spent if it gets a cushy government job, I suppose.
In fact, for many of us, it took James Lileks to remind us all that West was Lindh's lawyer (H/T HotAir.com). It took Lileks ...
Obama's Nominee for Key Post at Justice Department Was Johnny Taliban's Lawyer
Moonbattery —
... by fellow Americans. In wiser times Johnny Taliban would have been promptly executed, but as Jane Fonda established, treason is no longer a crime we take seriously.
Even most lawyers wouldn't have the stomach to defend scum like Lindh. But San Francisco's Tony West was up for the job. He even got prosecutors to drop a restriction on Lindh's foreign travel, so that he could go visit Muslims' magic meteor in Mecca.
West has more unsavory work in his future. James Lileks reports:
Tony West is the President's nominee to ...
Obama nominates jihadist's lawyer to be an assistant attorney general
Jihad Watch —
... mention of the hearing having occurred. Apparently there was nothing of interest in Wests nomination.
Curiously enough, though, not one of these brief reports mention that Tony West was "American Taliban" terrorist John Walker Lindh's defense lawyer. Another key bit of info left out of these announcements was that Tony West raised $65 million for Obama's presidential campaign. Money well spent if it gets a cushy government job, I suppose.
In fact, for many of us, it took James Lileks to remind us all that West was Lindh's lawyer (H/T ...
Obama Appoints Terrorist Lawyer To DoJ Post
Rhymes With Right —
I realize that all lawyers represent some clients that the public might view as unsavory. Indeed, most lawyers will at some point represent clients who they KNOW are guilty. So maybe Im overreacting to the appointment of C. Anthony West to an ...
Terrorist’s Lawyer Obama’s Pick To Head The Justice Department’s Civil Division
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... West will be the assistant attorney general in charge of a division representing the United States, its departments and agencies, members of Congress, Cabinet officers and other federal employees in a wide range of litigation. The civil division’s attorneys handle thousands of cases per year involving billions of dollars in claims and recoveries, dealing with significant policy issues often of constitutional dimensions …
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So, Skreed Blog drops in on a transcript pf a WaPo live chat and here’s waht he ...
Obama’s Nominee to Justice Dept. Was a Terrorist’s Lawyer
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... there was nothing of interest in West’s nomination.
Curiously enough, though, not one of these brief reports mention that Tony West was “American Taliban” terrorist John Walker Lindh’s defense lawyer. Another key bit of info left out of these announcements was that Tony West raised $65 million for Obama’s presidential campaign. Money well spent if it gets a cushy government job, I suppose.
In fact, for many of us, it took James Lileks to remind us all that West was Lindh’s lawyer (H/T HotAir.com). It took ...
Obama’s Nominee to Justice Dept. Was a Terrorist’s Lawyer
Stop The ACLU —
... makes mention of the hearing having occurred. Apparently there was nothing of interest in West’s nomination. Curiously enough, though, not one of these brief reports mention that Tony West was “American Taliban” terrorist John Walker Lindh’s defense lawyer. Another key bit of info left out of these announcements was that Tony West raised $65 million for Obama’s presidential campaign. Money well spent if it gets a cushy government job, I suppose. In fact, for many of us, it took James Lileks to remind us all that West was Lindh’s lawyer (H/T ...
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION
Dr. Sanity —
... Additionally, I really don't think that Obama should be appointing attorneys that "volunteer" to defend terrorists--somehow, in this case I don't imagine he did it out of love for justice and freedom. Instead, I'm with Lileks. Feel free to call me vindictive; and perhaps not very moderate --especially about certain things. ...
NY Times: OK to Defend American Taliban, But Defending Big Tobacco Verboten?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... would want to live in a world in which lawyers are judged by the clients they take," he said.
The Times would certainly not want anyone to use professor Henderson's criteria to judge Obama Justice Department appointee Anthony West. Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed West as the President's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Division.
So what's news? West (hat-tip the inimitable humorist James Lileks) was the defense lawyer for John Walker Lindh, the American ...
