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There's psychology at work here too. Lawrence Solan, a professor at Brooklyn Law School and an expert in linguistics and the law, explains that we can process an abstract word like doubt only by contrasting two mental images. In a criminal case, the first image would be the prosecutor's version of events, showing the defendant as guilty. The second would portray the defendant as innocent. Only if the second were plausible, says Solan, would the jury have "doubt" about the first. Jurors might themselves be able to conjure the image of the defendant's innocence, but most need...
...contrast, Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton, was far more aggressive in asserting the privilege, according to Rozell. Most of the claims came in the President's battles with special prosecutor Kenneth Starr over disclosure of information about Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton generally lost those battles before the U.S. district court in Washington...
...result of actions by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Although international pressure on Khartoum has been slow in coming, with U.N. Security Council action stonewalled by China, and Sudan refusing entry to U.N. peacekeeping forces, the ICC has targeted specific leaders for prosecution. Last month, its chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked pre-trial judges to issue summonses for Ahmed Haroun, a former state interior minister, and militia commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb. Rebel leaders say the ICC investigation will potentially drive a wedge between Janjaweed commanders and their backers in Khartoum...
Attorneygate is getting stickier and stickier. All of Washington is now anxiously awaiting the release of documents later today that could well determine the fate of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Meanwhile, the specifics of one firing, that of San Diego Prosecutor Carol Lam, is getting curioser and curioser...
...that is apparently not how the Administration works. Instead, it exploits claims of secrecy for its own legal advantage, depending upon whether it is the prosecutor or the prey. There is probably good reason to keep much of the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed secret. But given the Administration's track record in these recent cases, we can't just take the government's word...