Man, I wish I had know his initial appearance was going to be in front of Magistrate Lindsey. I would have gone to court for. This is NOT a woman you want to screw with. I would have given anything to see the death glare she probably gave him. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in that courtroom!

Ok, enemy combatant means non US citizen who comes to US to do terror act-like 9-11 hijackers OR anyone (US citizen or not) found fighting against US forces on a foreign battlefield.

This kid does not fit the statute. No one has yet offered a legal theory about why this kid can ever fit under that the statute. Lindsey Graham should lose his law license for spouting this ignorance. He is an embarrassment to the profession.

I have been in telephone contact with friend who lives on the same street in Cambridge where the suspect lived. She just texted me that they are being evacuated. This is consistent with reporting on CNN that reporters have twice been pushed back multiple blocks from the house where he lived.

No news is no news. How to keep the crazy theories at bay?

I don’t even have a speculation. Somebody in Dan’s earlier thread queried qui bene? But if it’s just some nut, nobody benefits, so that may not even be a rational starting point.

Emptywheel has tweeted that it appears they are going to do a crowdsourced investigation, as they are asking for everybody’s amateur video. That is a big project, but makes a lot of sense from an investigation’s viewpoint. At this point, it looks like it’s in the hands of the forensics folks.

It’s because of Bojinka, which was a plan to hit several targets around US either simultaneously or in close series. It makes sense to put other known targets on alert until you know it’s not a continuing event.

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In the federal system, there are district judges who are appointed pursuant to article III of the Constitution and have life time tenure, they have to be voted on by Senate. They are trial judges.

There are also federal magistrate judges who apply for the job to the District Executive. They have a fixed term (IIRC it might be 10 years) and do not have to be voted on by Senate. Magistrates handle the pre-trial/ discovery phase of a trial and when it is ready for trial hand the case off to the District Judge. They also do arraignments.

District judges can delegate some other activities to a Magistrate such as deciding some motions and holding certain kinds of hearings, though the decision by the magistrate has to be confirmed by the district judge who did the delegating.

In civil cases, parties can stipulate to have their trial held in front of a magistrate judge.

The important part about Dimon’s tantrum, is it means he has admitted his own culpability.

All the times that Preet Bharara winges about how hard these cases are to make? Well, Senator Levin’s hearing just laid out an open and shut case that any jury can understand. And it is not a case against a low level schmuck, it is case with an admission against interest by the CEO.

Back in my day, a nugget like that would have had federal prosecutors on their knees in thanksgiving prayer to whatever deity they worshipped.

Levin really has backed DOJ into a corner, they really do have to take Dimon to trial (unless he pleads to a full indictment)or admit that they are a sham of a law enforcement agency.

To get the American people to accept waterboarding, we had “24″, to get people to fear cyber attacks on our utilities we had “revolution”.

It’s amazing how easy it is to sow propaganda disguised as fiction.

One of the problems here is how you define a “successful” IPO. Traditionally, good IPO underwriting meant that you sold out on the first day. The ability to attract share subscribers in advance is what you go to a venerable house for.

The important pert here, is the kickbacks.