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February 6, 2017 |

U.S. Treasury Department Veteran Daniel Glaser Joins FDD’s Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance

(Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2017) – Daniel L. Glaser, a 20-year U.S. Treasury Department veteran who mos...

August 3, 2011 |

‘Representing’ Al-Qaeda

Bravely entering the lion’s den — delivering a speech in praise of left-wing, “pro bono” lawyering to a group of left-wing, pro bono lawyers — Attorney General Eric...

June 15, 2011 |

Obama’s America Is September 10th America

This is June 2008. That means it marks the ten-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s indictment. He was first charged by my old office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Sou...

April 18, 2011 | |

Rep. Peter King Seeks Answers on DOJ Decision Not to Prosecute Islamists

House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King has fired off a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding answers about why political appointees in the Obama Justice Department stopped effort...

April 1, 2011 |

How the Most Transparent Administration in History Gets a Transparent Congressional Debate on War in

Greetings from sunny southern California, where I’m nearing the end of a week of speechifying. … Speaking of which, that sure was some senate debate on whether we shou...

April 1, 2011 |

How the Most Transparent Administration in History Gets a Transparent Congressional Debate on War in

Greetings from sunny southern California, where I’m nearing the end of a week of speechifying. … Speaking of which, that sure was some senate debate on whether we shou...

January 12, 2011 | The Weekly Standard

Julian Assange Isn’t Going to Gitmo

Here is a new myth about Guantanamo. The attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claim that if Assange is extradited to Sweden he may end up detained in Cuba. The Guardian (UK) reports:...

March 9, 2010 |

Why The al-Qaeda Seven Matter

My flight had been delayed, so I arrived late to a 2004 academic conference, a law school gab-fest exploring legal issues in the War on Terror. The professor giving the keynote address was well i...

March 31, 2009 |

Spain’s ‘Universal Jurisdiction’ Power Play

As the U.S. government’s myriad intrusions radically transform our economy, few seem to notice the dangerous progress of the international Left’s assault on American sovereignty. With...

March 13, 2008 |

Prosaic Justice for Spitzer

The young prosecutor rubbed his hands with glee. For months on end, the high-profile defense lawyer had been a thorn in his side. He’d violated every rule in th...

December 20, 2007 |

FDD Welcomes Ambassador Max Kampelman as Distinguished Advisor

Washington, D.C. (December 21, 2007) -- Former U.S. Ambassador Max Kampelman has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracie...

January 16, 2007 |

UNder the Law

In what surely qualifies as the single-most-promising United Nations reform effort to date, federal prosecutors in New York, jointly with the New York District Attorney, have just announced the i...