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...January, when most of Attorney General Eric Holder's friends and enemies turned against his plan to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, one man stood by him. And he was a good friend to have. At a Situation Room session on Jan. 29, Holder was virtually alone in arguing for sticking with a civilian trial for KSM. A Manhattan jury, he said, would produce a quick conviction - and that image would help restore America's reputation in the world. When others in the room argued in favor of military tribunals with special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eric Holder's Trials and Tribulations | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Volume Two, which features 11 songs penned by Deschanel (plus two covers) and produced by Ward, has a similar tone but ups the complexity of the arrangements. "It's much more difficult to play live," says Deschanel. "We're in rehearsals now, and I'm like, Oh, man, why didn't I write simpler songs?" The result, however, is clean and intimate--the sound of a duo making music as much for themselves as for an audience. The first single, "In the Sun," is upbeat and danceable, but the standout track is "Thieves"--a brokenhearted love song so timeless that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Play It Again | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...night in 1995, I was standing in a bookstore in Berkeley, Calif., when a Moore image rooted me to the floor--and launched a book. I eventually searched out the shooter, and we became friends. He was an unassuming man with a softly charged voice, who probably didn't weigh 140 lb. But even when he was in his mid-70s, you could see the old Golden Glove boxer and ex-Marine who'd refused to back down. He once modestly said about his work, which he wouldn't have called art, although it unquestionably was: "I project myself into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charles Moore | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...someone else's head. Miller's own first thought upon hearing of the bombing was, "Oh, my gosh, I hope some idiot calling himself a patriot didn't do this." She admits that her own unarmed group, the Sons of Liberty, had attracted a "loose cannon," a young man who tried to join last summer. "He was saying things like, 'We ought to blow up the federal building,' "she recalls. The Sons of Liberty promptly tossed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Threat from the Patriot Movement | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...know to take death threats seriously.  My home was under special police watch during part of my 14 years as a U.S. Congressman.  Eventually, a man went to prison for threatening to kill and dismember me because I opposed the legalization of marijuana...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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