Judge William W. Wilkins, who is serving on the panel with Judges Karen J. Williams and Roger L. Gregory, asked Mr. Chertoff: "Are you contending that the national security concerns are so great that we should not even consider" Mr. Moussaoui's Sixth Amendment rights?
A previous book, "Fools for Scandal" contended that the national press, notably The New York Times, was gulled into believing that there was something improper about the Clintons' involvement in the Whitewater real estate venture, and then dishonestly kept the story alive to cover up journalistic excesses.
Despite all that I'd heard, I'd contend that – ethically – The Digger is no worse than any best-selling national newspaper.
Yes, some of these burgers have made it onto our local editions' "best" lists, but we contend that -- on a national scale -- they still remain criminally underrated.
Students of the theory of interdemocratic peace contend that the structure of national government will be the driving factor.
But national governments contend that the trade deal touches on national competences and requires their approval.
Its critics, however, contend that the document encroaches on national sovereignty and threatens to turn the European Union into a monolithic superstate.
We contend that explanations based on party political dynamics and power relations do not exclude explanations based on national path dependencies of political culture and national self-understanding.
He and other opponents contend that the government is privatizing a scarce national resource without improving the domestic food supply, and that politics, not economics, are driving events because Mali wants to improve ties with Libya and others.
Given that not even the most ardent interventionists for Syria contend that the bombing is necessary for US national security, how can a military attack on Syria without Congressional approval possibly be reconciled with that position?
