Is This the End of Office of Special Counsel?

by Alan M. Dershowitz • July 25, 2019 at 5:00 am

Ordinary prosecutors are not allowed to comment about why they decided not to prosecute the subject of an investigation. The Mueller Report, when made public, violated that salutary tradition. It contained negative information about people, including the president, who will have no opportunity to respond in a legal proceeding.
The report and the testimony introduced the novel and dangerous concept into our legal vocabulary: "Not exonerated."
From day one, I proposed an alternative: namely the appointment of a nonpartisan expert commission whose job it is to investigate the role of Russia in trying to influence American elections and to influence our American democratic processes. Like the 9/11 Commission, this Russia Commission would not be pointing prosecutorial fingers for past derelictions, but would be focused primarily on preventing Russia from continuing to influence our American political processes. Prosecutors, like the Special Counsel, operate behind closed doors and in secret. They hear only one side of the story.

Robert Mueller's performance in front of Congressional committees should mark the end of special counsels, special prosecutors, independent counsels and the like. These hearings demonstrated, if any further demonstration was required, how dangerous it was to go outside of the normal processes of criminal justice. Pictured: Mueller (front) testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ordinary prosecutors are not allowed to comment about why they decided not to prosecute the subject of an investigation. The Mueller Report, when made public, violated that salutary tradition. It contained negative information about people, including the president, who will have no opportunity to respond in a legal proceeding.

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Radicalization of Kids: A Global Threat

by Raheel Raza • July 25, 2019 at 4:00 am

The issue of child radicalization has become a global horror-show....very few people are willing to speak about the dangers of the radicalization of youths.
Radicalization is now easy for the extremists, thanks to technology, the new weapon being brandished by Islamist terrorists....
As people who care deeply about human rights, we are extremely concerned about the way these children are being subverted and abused, as well as about the future of our next generation, and creating awareness is of utmost importance.

On July 12, a 13-year-old boy blew himself up in a suicide bombing at a wedding in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, killing five people and injuring 40, local officials said.

The issue of child radicalization has become a global horror-show.

Radicalization is now easy for the extremists, thanks to technology, the new weapon being brandished by Islamist terrorists in accordance with the mandate of the Muslim Brotherhood to "weaken the West from within".

Kids today, as early as three years old, are on YouTube watching videos. Unfortunately, it has never been easier for extremists -- from white supremacists to radical Islamists -- to target vulnerable children and penetrate a child's consciousness.

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