December 24, 2005

WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR NATIONAL SECURITY TO THIS MAN?:

Liberal judge (Robert Novak , 12/24/05, Townhall)

Federal District Judge James Robertson, who resigned from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) court in protest over secret wiretaps ordered by President Bush, is regarded in Washington legal circles as one of President Bill Clinton's most liberal and partisan judicial appointments.

Robertson, 67, has ruled consistently against the Bush administration's handling of enemy combatants. On July 15 this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed his 2004 ruling that a military commission could not try alleged terrorist Salim Ahmed Hamdan.


Posted by Orrin Judd at December 24, 2005 9:39 AM
Comments

Makes him a paragon of centerist moderation in the eyes of the big media outlets then.

Posted by: John at December 24, 2005 10:00 AM

The record will confirm to posterity that thiose people have been playing political games with national security in the face of real threats, thus giving new meaning to "Dolchstoss."

Posted by: Lou Gots at December 24, 2005 6:04 PM

Would I trust him? NO ! ! !

Posted by: obc at December 24, 2005 8:29 PM
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