Elaine Cassel, civil liberties attorney and author of The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft have Dismantled the Bill of Rights, discusses the 9th Circuit Court's decision — based on state secrets privilege — that denies Binyam Mohamed due process for his rendition and torture by the CIA and proxy groups, the legal immunity enjoyed by judges and prosecutors from gross misconduct (other than taking bribes), why a court ruling against NSA warrantless wiretapping isn't enough to stop a...
07/16/10 – Elaine Cassel – The Scott Horton Show
Elaine Cassel, civil liberties attorney and author of The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft have Dismantled the Bill of Rights, returns to Antiwar Radio to discuss the case of civil liberties lawyer Lynn Stewart, whose prison sentence was recently increased to 10 years in prison (probably life for a 70-year-old woman) the guideline infractions and material support and charges against her, why mouthing off to the judge at her previous sentencing was probably a bad idea, the chilling...
11/26/05 – Elaine Cassel – The Scott Horton Show
Elaine Cassel on Jose Padilla's indictment, the persecution of the Detroit "sleeper cell's" federal prosecutor, the conviction of abu Ali, and the American operation of former Soviet Gulags in Eastern Europe. Audio Stream MP3 Link
04/16/05 – Elaine Cassel – The Scott Horton Show
Elaine Cassel returns to discuss the case of Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, and the national government's continual shredding of the Bill of Rights. Audio Stream MP3 Link
02/26/05 – Elaine Cassel – The Scott Horton Show
Elaine Cassel returns to explain the conviction of attorney Lynn Stewart, and its consequences. Audio Stream MP3 Link
09/04/04 – Elaine Cassel – The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Elaine Cassel of FindLaw, and the blog, Civil Liberties watch about her new book, The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft Have Dismantled the Bill of Rights. Audio Stream MP3 Link
07/03/04 – Elaine Cassel – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Elaine Cassel of Civil Liberties Watch and FindLaw about her skeptical view of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions in the Padilla, Hamdi, and Guantanamo cases. Her new book, The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft Have Dismantled the Bill of Rights will be out soon. Audio Stream MP3 Link
