How Appealing



Saturday, March 15, 2008

“C.I.A. Secretly Held Qaeda Suspect, Officials Say”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “The Central Intelligence Agency secretly detained a suspected member of Al Qaeda for at least six months beginning last summer as part of a program in which C.I.A. officers have been authorized by President Bush to use harsh interrogation techniques, American officials said Friday.”

And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “High Al Qaeda figure captured, Pentagon says; Muhammad Rahim arrives at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; He allegedly helped Osama bin Laden flee Afghanistan in 2001.”

Posted at 11:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Inc.: How the nation’s highest court became increasingly receptive to the arguments of American business.” Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen will have this cover story in tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

Posted at 11:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice and the Press: Why should reporters have a ‘privilege’ to avoid telling the truth in court?” Mark A. Grannis, attorney for Steven Hatfill, has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman