California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering a mass release of more than 20,000 nonviolent prisoners in hopes of staving off a projected $10 billion to $14 billion budget deficit over the next two fiscal years, the Sacramento...

Thailand's National Legislative Assembly passed a controversial security law Thursday, days before the country's general elections. The Internal Security Bill grants the head of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) power to bar public demonstrations, hold detainees...

The US House Select Committee on Intelligence on Thursday issued a subpoena for Jose Rodriguez, the former head of the CIA's clandestine branch who ordered the destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects [JURIST...

Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay filed charges Thursday against Saudi detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi was for his alleged role in a plan to bomb a ship off the coast of Yemen or in the...

An Australian judge issued an interim control order Friday, placing restrictions on former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks when he is released from an Australian prison on December 29. Under the terms of the control order,...

The Australian Federal Court on Friday local time upheld a decision to reinstate the work visa of Dr. Mohammad Haneef , who was detained by Australian authorities in July in connection with July's attempted UK car...

The White House said Thursday that it will appeal a Monday ruling that held White House visitor logs to be public documents , asking a federal judge not to force the logs' disclosure in...

US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled Wednesday that military commission proceedings against Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan can proceed, denying a defense motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction....

The Bush administration is abandoning a plan to give political appointees in the Defense Department a role in the promotion of military lawyers working as members of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, the...

The legal advisor to the Convening Authority for Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, US Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W.Hartmann , Wednesday denied accusations by former Guantanamo Bay chief military prosecutor Col. Morris Davis [official profile,...