And The Trial Begins….

The first trial of those accused of plotting attacks at Gitmo is underway. PLUS: The Pentagon tries to restrain sexual assault on officers….the FDA found a break in the salmonella case…you can now carry your passport in your pocket….find out which celebrity thinks women are too moody to be president…Mukasey wants new rules with detainees…would you pay $50 to have a fish eat your feet…unfit truck drivers could become a deadly road hazard…see what college has no football team or co-ed dorms…and find out the link between detached parents and autistic children. It’s Tuesday, July 22, and we’re chilling with Santa Claus in a Danish amusement park.

Celebration Excuse

Welcoming colonists to Roanoke Island, Jessica Lynch back home, and Aretha Franklin to the back of a cop car. Grab a diet coke and watch the OJ verdict.

1587

The second group of English colonists attempted to settle Roanoke Island without success.

1775

George Washington took command of US troops.

1917

Alexander Kerensky became the Russian Prime Minister.

1934

The FBI gunned down Public Enemy Number One, bank robber John Dillinger, at the Biograph Theater in Chicago.

1942

Coupons began to be used to ration gasoline.

1969

Aretha Franklin was arrested for disturbing the peace in a Detroit parking lot.

1992

Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, escaped from prison.

1994

O.J. Simptson plead “absolutely, 100% not guilty” of murder.

2003

Jessica Lynch received her welcome back in Palestine, Va.

EAT MORE CAKE

1822: Monk and geneticist who discovered the laws of heredity, Gregot Mendel.
1882: US painter, best known for Nighthawks, Edward Hopper.
1905: Conductor of the Red Army Song, Boris Alexandrov.
1923: American politician, Bob Dole.
1934: Oscar winning actress who starred in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Louise Fletcher.
1940: Host of Jeopardy! since 1984, Alex Trebek.
1944: Founder and member of Supertramp, Rick Davies..."Goodbye stranger it’s been nice, hope to see you in paradise.”
1965: Little House on the Prairie actor, Patrick Laborteaux.
1973: Canadian musician, Rufus Wainwright.

Daybook

POTUS

Delivers remarks in honor of Colombian Independence Day, the White House, East Room

Attends a Goddard-Georgia Victory Committee Reception at a private residence in Atlanta, Ga.

OTHERS

Labor Secretary Elaine Chao: Delivers remarks at a “CLEAN Energy” grant announcement ceremony, PinellasTechnicalEducationCenter, Clearwater, Fla.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson: Delivers remarks on the markets and the economy, the New York Public Library.

Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake: Delivers remarks at the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives’ Compassion in Action Roundtable to address the needs of America’s veterans.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice:On foreign and domestic travel to the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Hawaii July 20-28.

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings: Delivers remarks at an event to show D.C.’s Langston Golf Course and Quantico, Va. Marine Corps Base students how math and science are used to play golf in a “Phil Mickelson/Exxon Mobil Mini Golf Camp.”

STUMPIN

BARACK OBAMA

Traveling in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

JOHN MCCAIN

10:30 AM

Town Hall in Rochester, NH.

6:00 PM

Fundraiser in Baltimore, MD.

ON THE HILL

Senate

9:30 AM

Senate Homeland Security:Full committee hearing on “Energy Security: An American Imperative,” featuring T. Boone Pickens, founder and CEO of BP Capital Management.

10 AM

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee:Full committee hearing on “An Update on the Science of Global Warming and its Implications.” The hearing will include discussion on allegations that the White House suppressed testimony and other findings regarding the dangers of global warming.

House

10:30 AM

House Homeland Security Committee: Hearing on “Emerging Biological Threats and Public Health Preparedness: Getting Beyond Getting Ready.”

2 PM

House Armed Services Committee:Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on “Army Medical Action Plan: Is it Working?”

2 PM

House Energy and Commerce Committee: Hearing on the “State Fiscal Relief: Protecting Health Coverage in an Economic Downturn” legislation.

WATCH MORE TV

TIVO

The View: Shirley MacLaine, Sugarland
Regis and Kelly: Will Ferrell
Ellen DeGeneres: Ashton Kutcher, Gavin DeGraw (R 5/8/08)
Chelsea Lately: Brooke Hogan

STAY UP LATE

David Letterman: Amanda Peet, Jon Hamm, Augustana
Jay Leno: Gillian Anderson, Dave Attell, the Duke Spirit
Late Late Show: Julie Chen, Adam Scott, Ricky Skaggs
Conan O’Brien: Jason Lee, Eva Amurri, Galactic (R 5/6/08)
Last Call: Bear Grylls (R 5/5/08)
Daily Show: Will Ferrell
Colbert Report: Margaret Spellings
Jimmy Kimmel: George Foreman, Alanis Morissette

 

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What: Speech about Congress setting new rules when dealing with detainees.

Where: American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

Who: Attorney General Michael Mukasey

  • Congress and the administration tried to apply the court’s guidance in working out how judicial review might fit into a traditional framework of military detention. The answer, provided in the Detainee Act of 2005 and reaffirmed by the Military Commission’s Act a year later was to establish a new system of judicial review of decisions by the Department of Defense as to the status of detainees at Guantanamo.
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  • These laws gave more procedural protections than the United States or any other country for that matter had ever before given towards captives, whether those captives were lone soliders in foreign armies, or unlawful combatants who targeted civilians and hide in civilian populations.
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  • The responsibility of moving forward rests with the legislative and executive branches as much as it does with the judiciary. Although the Supreme Court settled the constitutional question of whether Guantanamo detainees have the right to Habeas Corpus, the courts fell stopped well short of detailing how the Habeas Corpus proceedings are to be conducted. In other words, the Supreme Court left many significant questions open. And it is well within the historic role of Congress and the executive branch to stop them.
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  • And we know from bitter experience, that terrorists adjust their tactics in response to what they learn about our intelligence gathering methods. For the sake of national security, we can not turn Habeas Corpus proceedings into a smorgasboard of classified information for our enemies. We need to devise rules for Habeas Corpus cases that will provide necessary protection of national security information.
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  • I contrast Congress and the Executive Branch are affirmatively charged by our constitution to protecting national security, are experts in such matters and are in the best position to weigh the difficult policy choices that are posed by these issues.
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  • There are more than 200 detainees remaining in Guantanamo Bay and many of them pose an extraordinary threat to Americans. Many have already demonstrated their ability and their desire to kill Americans. As a federal judge, I have precided over a prominent terrorism trial, and the expense and effort required to provide security before and after that trial were staggering. Simply bringing a detainee into the United States for the limited purpose of participating in his Habeas proceeding would require extraordinary efforts to maintain the security of the site.
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Popularity Contest

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