General Michael Hayden defended the legality of the NSA's domestic surveillance program Thursday and said that the program was a critical tool in tracking down terrorists, in testimony during his confirmation hearing [full transcript,...
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal has said that 16 Saudi detainees now held by the US at Guantanamo Bay will be returned to Saudi Arabia in the next few days. During an interview ...
James Tobin , President Bush's 2004 campaign chairman for New England, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison after being convicted in December for his involvement in jamming phone lines to block Democratic...
The US Senate Wednesday approved key amendments to an immigration reform bill that would create an additional 370 miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border and would deny the possibility of acquiring citizenship to illegal immigrants convicted of certain...
Jury deliberations in the trial of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling began Wednesday after government prosecutors and defense lawyers finished closing arguments. Lay and Skilling have been charged ...
The Supreme Court of Utah has ruled that the state's ban on polygamy is constitutional in a decision upholding the bigamy conviction of a former police officer. The court was asked to decide whether Utah's...
Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez has said that if President Bush's decision to send 6,000 National Guard troops to the US-Mexican border results in a militarization of the area, Mexico would file...
Australia's three major news organizations have submitted a joint report to the Australian Law Reform Commission , the independent federal statutory agency charged with conducting official inquiries into areas for possible legal reform, slamming the late...
Malawi Vice President Cassim Chilumpha has been released on bail but placed under house arrest three weeks after police arrested him in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika [official...
Judges from Thailand's Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, and Administrative Court on Tuesday rejected the October 22 date set by the Election Commission for new parliamentary elections and again demanded that the Commission resign ...
