Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy, a lawyer who has served as assistant U.S. attorney and a deputy U.S. marshal, today wrote a letter rebuffing an invite from Attorney General Eric Holder. McCarthy said he turned down the invitation due to the decision by Holder to possibly prosecture those involved in expanding what kind of interreagation techniques were used on suspected terrorists.The full letter is below: Dear Attorney General Holder: This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline...Read Full Story

Andrew C. McCarthy led the prosecution team in the 1995 terrorism trial of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (the Blind Sheik.) He was able to obtain a conviction of the Sheik and eleven others for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. After the September 11th attacks he supervised the U.S. Attorney’s Anti-Terrorism Command Post in New York City. From 1999 until his resignation in 2003, he worked as a Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Justice Department in New York. NewsRealBlog interviewed him...Read Full Story

By email (to the Counterterrorism Division) and by regular mail: The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General of the United States United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Holder: This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline the invitation to participate in the May 4 roundtable meeting the President’s Task Force on Detention Policy is convening with current and former prosecutors involved...Read Full Story

You now know him as Vincent Adler, Neal Caffrey's mentor turned worst enemy, on USA's hit series White Collar. For many people, myself included, Andrew McCarthy helped shape our generation as the s... Read More >Read Full Story

Andrew McCarthy’s Letter to Attorney General Holder May 1, 2009 By email (to the Counterterrorism Division) and by regular mail: The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General of the United States United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.  20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Holder: This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline the invitation to participate in the May 4 roundtable meeting the President’s Task Force on...Read Full Story

Weekend at Bernie's, this wasn't.Andrew McCarthy had a harrowing experience while on assignment for the travel magazine Afar recently, as he was escorted at gunpoint out of an historic underground church for intruding without documentation.On the second day of his visit, having already witnessed an exorcism at the famed Lalibela church, McCarthy, 47, was accosted by a guard. The star of NBC's Lipstick Jungle had bought a ticket to visit Lalibela, but had left it in his hotel."His gun [was...Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Andrew Mccarthy. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!Read Full Story

Kansas City StarAndrew McCarthy is Writing a Travel MemoirDaemon's BooksFormer Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy has signed on to write a travel memoir for Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. According to Entertainment Weekly, The Longest Way Home: One Man's Global Quest for the Courage to Settle Down will be released in ...Andrew McCarthy, Travel Journalist, Is Writing a MemoirNew York MagazineOn the Books June 13: Andrew McCarthy to pen travel memoir, Salman Rushdie ...Entertainment...Read Full Story

Andrew C. McCarthy was a top federal prosecutor involved in some of the most significant cases in recent history. Decorated with a Justice Department highest honors, he retired from government in 2003, after helping launch the 9/11 investigation. He is one of America's persuasive voices on national security issues and author of the bestseller, "Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad." Currently, he is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute in Washington, D.C., and a contributing...Read Full Story

In all of our individual avocations, there are people who shine brighter, and sometimes pull out a twingeof envy as they seem to be able to say it better, get it published in bigger outlets, and just have a sort of star power that dazzles. I never stop giving props to those who truly master my occupation, travel writing. Last night I read a travel article in the Weekend WSJ that turned my head. It was so well done, so cleverly written, and yet not a long story at all. It was about taking a 12...Read Full Story