Politics | Liz Cheney Liz Cheney's 'Al-Qaeda 7' Attack 'Shameful': GOP Top conservatives denounce 'Al-Qaeda 7' attacks By Jane Yager Posted Mar 8, 2010 7:07 AM CST Copied Liz Cheney, board member, Keep America Safe, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Attacks by Liz Cheney and GOP senators on lawyers appointed to the Obama Justice Department after defending suspected terrorists are "shameful," "unjust to the individuals in question," and "destructive of any attempt to build lasting mechanisms for counterterrorism adjudications," a group of top conservative lawyers and policy experts wrote in response to Cheney's attack ad calling the appointees the 'Al-Qaeda 7.' The letter, signed by 19 conservatives including Ken Starr and several senior Bush administration veterans, said Cheney's attacks “undermine the Justice system" by rejecting the principle that accused terrorists should have lawyers. The dispute between conservative lawyers and Cheney's Keep America Safe group reflects a Bush-era rift between the legal establishment and allies of Dick Cheney over treatment of detainees, Politico reports. Read These Next Here's how Rob Reiner's body was found. More details coming out about the last party the Reiners attended. First Australia victims lost their lives confronting the shooter. An MIT nuclear science professor was fatally shot at his home. Report an error