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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

CS.RSS Subscribe to Blog Subscribe to All Updates related to Harvey's book Three Felonies a Day, a critical take on the Justice Department {#foreach $T.Years as year} <div class="year"> <div class="year_header"> <span>{$T.year.Year}</span> </div> <div class="year_months"> {#foreach $T.year.Months as month} <div class="month"> <a href="{$T.month.Url}" year="{$T.year.Year}" month="{$T.month.MonthN}">{$T.month.MonthName}</a> </div> {#/for} </div> </div> {#/for} Archive by Years ABA Journal Academic Freedom Adam Liptak Al Qaeda Announcement Anwar al-Awlaki Barry Bonds BG Blagojevich Boeri Boston Boston Globe Boston Herald Boston Phoenix Cato Institute David Boeri Deferred Prosecution Agreement Department of Justice Eliot Spitzer Excerpt FBI FCPA Federal Prosecutors First Amendment FOIA Forbes.com Free Speech Freedom of Speech Freedom Watch Goldman Sachs Harvard Book Store Heritage Foundation Honest Services Fraud Immunity In the News Injustice Department Interview Law Law and Technology Mail Fraud Mandatory Minimums Mens Rea Michael Milken Morissette NACDL Champion NECN New York Times NewsCorp NYT Obstruction of Justice Options backdating Overcriminalization Peter Kadzis Police Political prosecution President Obama Prosecutorial discretion Prosecutorial Misconduct Radio RICO Robert Mueller Rupert Murdoch Supreme Court Tarek Mehanna The Atlantic Theodore Anzalone Thomas Finneran Tobacco UCLA Ukraine Vague Statutes Video Wall Street War on Terror WBUR Wendy Kaminer WGBH White Collar Defense Wire Fraud WSJ Yulia Tymoshenko	Tarek Mehanna Found Guilty December 20, 2011 5:50:51 PM by Harvey Silverglate Yes Cancel I was saddened, though not terribly surprised, when I heard yesterday that after only ten hours of deliberations, a federal jury found Tarek Mehanna guilty of all seven counts for which he stood accused. Jurors felt the government had proven that Mehanna provided "material assistance to terrorists" for such actions as making translations of jihadi videos. Mehanna now awaits sentencing and may face up to life in prison for acts that, until now, seemed clearly protected under the First Amendment. I was asked by PBS affiliate WGBH-TV, and NPR affiliate WBUR, to speak about the Mehanna case yesterday on their respective stations. Click here for my interview on WBUR's Radio Boston (Dec. 20), or listen to the audio clip below. Radio Boston Click here for my interview on WBUR's Morning Edition (Dec. 21), or listen to the audio clip below. Morning Edition After the jump is video of my interview on WGBH-TV's Greater Boston (Dec. 20). read more → Tags: Department of Justice , Freedom of Speech , Radio , Tarek Mehanna , Video , War on Terror What to do if the FBI wants to interview you November 13, 2011 7:16:21 PM by Harvey Silverglate Yes Cancel One of the most shocking, and under-reported, Department of Justice practices is the FBI's express policy NOT to tape-record interrogations. Not recording interrogations allows the FBI to claim itself the sole arbiter of what is, and is not, true in a witness's testimony. Such a strategy gives clear, and unfair, advantage to the prosecution, and presents problems for witnesses, defendants, and defense lawyers alike. But there is a simple, and effective, strategy which, if implemented, can get around the pesky problem: insist on recording the interview yourself. Recently, the Massachusetts ACLU asked me to discuss what to do if the FBI decides it needs your testimony. Here is how I responded: I have been happy to see that the ACLU video has been catching on. In a recent article on alternet.org critiquing the "surveillance state", my interview was given as pragmatic advice to those who fear they might face an FBI interview. I sincerely hope my advice helps and that, eventually, the FBI decides to reform its harmful policy. [End of post] read more → Tags: Department of Justice , FBI , Federal Prosecutors , Prosecutorial Misconduct , Video Terrorizing Free Speech: the case of Tarek Mehanna October 31, 2011 1:57:30 PM by Harvey Silverglate Yes Cancel Tarek Mehanna may have objectionable--even horrific--views, but that does not make him a terrorist or a criminal. Mehanna was arrested two years ago on charges of lying to federal investigators, and providing material support to terrorists. The FBI also implies that Mehanna had plans to carry out a shooting spree in the Sudbury mall, but was thwarted by his inability to obtain weapons (consider, for one moment, how easy it is to get a gun in the United States). The crux of the government's case centers on a series of videos for which Mehanna allegedly provided subtitles; the translations, the Feds say, represented material support for terrorists. Last night I spoke with Emily Rooney on her WGBH show about the case, arguing that, in order to live in a free and open society, we must protect speech, even the speech of those whose beliefs we find abhorrent. The video is embedded after the jump. read more → Tags: Free Speech , Tarek Mehanna , Video , WGBH Forbes "Booked" series features Three Felonies a Day July 24, 2010 11:11:33 PM by Harvey Silverglate Yes Cancel Discussing Three Felonies a Day with Forbes editor Michael Noer, as part of the site's "Booked" series. Visit the Forbes site here, or view the video below. [End of post] read more → Tags: Forbes.com , In the News , Video Cato Institute video features Three Felonies a Day, In the Name of Justice November 12, 2009 6:52:52 PM by Harvey Silverglate Yes Cancel The Cato Institute's video of the week for November 13 features the double book event with Three Felonies a Day and In the Name of Justice (edited by Tim Lynch, Director of Cato's Project on Criminal Justice). A clip of the book talk is below; video of the full event is available here. [End of Post] read more → Tags: Cato Institute , In the News , Video 1 2 Older Entries >>