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The Government has raised the number of detainees at Gitmo that they will be seeking the death penalty for to the enormous and shocking number of seven. The ACLU are quick and ready to defend these warriors! Backed by a slate of prominent legal figures, including former Attorney General Janet Reno and former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director William Webster, the ACLU has assembled a team of top civilian attorneys to supplement the military defense counsel assigned to represent Guantanamo’s “high-value detainees.” … The effort significantly adds to the legal forces that over the past seven years have challenged the...

The Canon Why the Roman Catholic Arguments for the Canon are Spurious By William Webster A full documentation of the information contained in this article is now available in a new book offered through Christian Resources titled The Old Testament Canon and the Apocrypha. This book is a survey of the history of the Apocrypha from the age of Judaism to the Reformation. It provides translations of the comments of major theologians from the time of Jerome to the Reformation, the majority of which have never before been available in English. It is often asserted by Roman Catholic apologists that...

<p>Washington, Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- William Webster, picked less than two weeks ago to head the newly created accounting oversight board, may resign within days, a person familiar with the situation said.</p> <p>SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt quit yesterday amid four federal investigations into how he chose Webster to lead the oversight board even though he knew the former FBI chief had been chairman of the audit committee of an Internet company accused of fraud.</p>

<p>Could sleepy Willy Webster really be the greatest innocent since Voltaire's Candide?</p> <p>Harvey Pitt poses a challenge to epistemologists everywhere: How could somebody so dumb manage to tie his shoes each morning?</p> <p>The answer is not "loafers." A moment's reflection reveals the truth: No one could be as dumb as Mr. Pitt is accused of being. What he lacks is a knack for partisan tactics at a time when -- against every standard of good taste -- accounting and the Securities and Exchange Commission have become national political footballs.</p>