Russ McBee

Today in the Jose Padilla ''trial,'' an undercover CIA officer testified while wearing a disguise and using a pseudonym. The defense lawyers weren't allowed to learn his name, and the jury wasn't told he was using a fake name. Here's the essential problem, and it's become sadly typical of the Bush administration's disdain for the ...

The Jose Padilla ''trial'' started today, and it began on a particularly sour note for the First Amendment. Alongside all the other Constitutional abominations comprising this case, there's this unprecedented infringement (via FireDogLake): But court security officers are enforcing an unusual rule for the trial, which is set to get under ...