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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/poli...lid-sheikh-mohammed-revoked-austin/index.html
Defense secretary abruptly revokes plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind KSM, co-conspirators

In a surprise memo quietly released Friday night, Austin said the responsibility for such a significant decision “should rest with me.” Only two days earlier, the Pentagon announced that it had reached a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, more commonly known as KSM, and two other defendants – Walid Bin ‘Attash, and Hawsawi – accused of plotting the attacks.

The memo, addressed to Susan Escallier, the convening authority for military commissions who runs the military courts at Guantanamo Bay, said the defense secretary would immediately withdraw her authority in the cases and “reserve such authority to (himself).”

Austin said that he was withdrawing from the three pre-trial agreements, which had taken the death penalty off the table for the three men.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
Lawyer scams that make even bad lawyers blush.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...-for-disability-access-violations/ar-AA1ooI82
Portland man admits he got paid $200 a visit to target businesses for disability access violations

Slevin on Tuesday sued his Portland attorney Jessica Molligan for $4 million, alleging malpractice. One business filed a motion in court Tuesday seeking sanctions against her. Another of the businesses separately sued her as well.
Court records say Molligan filed more than 40 “cookie cutter” lawsuits against businesses in Oregon, and the Tennessee-based lawyers filed more than 200 nationally in what one federal judge likened to a “shakedown.”
 

joeyd999

Joined Jun 6, 2011
6,309
Lawyer scams that make even bad lawyers blush.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...-for-disability-access-violations/ar-AA1ooI82
Portland man admits he got paid $200 a visit to target businesses for disability access violations

Slevin on Tuesday sued his Portland attorney Jessica Molligan for $4 million, alleging malpractice. One business filed a motion in court Tuesday seeking sanctions against her. Another of the businesses separately sued her as well.
Court records say Molligan filed more than 40 “cookie cutter” lawsuits against businesses in Oregon, and the Tennessee-based lawyers filed more than 200 nationally in what one federal judge likened to a “shakedown.”
This scam is as old as the ADA.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
"After several hours, Joe finally gave up on logic and reason, and simply told the cabinet that he could talk to plants and that they wanted water."

The art of compromise in problem solving.
 
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