David Rivkin To Launch Harsh Criticism Of Obama On Fox And Friends

Noted lawyer claims civilian criminal trial of Christmas Day Bomber risks national security

Published on January 25, 2010 by Brent Baldwin (OfficialWire) WASHINGTON, D.C.

David Rivkin announced that he will appear on Fox and Friends on Monday, January 25. The noted lawyer and media commentator will present his views on how the Obama administration is handling the would-be Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is jeopardizing national security.  His appearance is expected to occur between 7:300 and 8:00 am.  Mr. Rivkin has previously appeared on Fox and other news outlets to discuss the deficiencies in how the United States has handled the entire situation.

Mr. Rivkin co-authored an article, “Enemy Combatants or Criminal Defendants?”, for the National Review Online, in which he states:

". . . governmental power is necessarily augmented during wartime. This is especially the case in liberal-democratic states, where that power is ordinarily subject to greater limits than in authoritarian regimes. It is, of course, this very augmentation that the Bush administration’s critics found so unacceptable after Sept. 11, 2001. The alternative, however, is accepting greater risk to the civilians al-Qaeda wants to target. The right way to proceed, consistent with the law, morality, and history, is to treat captured enemy personnel as enemy combatants, subject to the laws of war."

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About David Rivkin

David Rivkin, an attorney in private practice and partner at Baker & Hostetler in Washington, D.C., has had a lengthy career distinguished by service in the White House during two presidents’ terms, in the U.S. Department of Justice, and in the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a well-known writer and media commentator on matters of constitutional and international law, as well as foreign and defense policy. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Nixon Center, Contributing Editor at the National Review, and a member of the Advisory Council at National Interest magazine. He currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He currently represents foreign governments and corporate entities on legal, political, economic, defense, and public relations matters.David Rivkin

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