Legal experts inside and outside government are criticizing provisions of a draft bill circulated by the White House Wednesday that, among other things, would allow US military commissions to proceed against an...
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White House bid to let military commissions try detainees in absentia draws fire
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UN stresses international law duty to protect peacekeepers in Israel censure text
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Haiti former PM Neptune freed from prison after two-year detention
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ACLU chronicles post-9/11 surveillance of political activists
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Washington high court orders Boy Scout abuse files unsealed
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Border rule would fingerprint lawful US permanent residents
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SEC settles civil lawsuits against former WorldCom execs
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Panel to consider merging US telecom surveillance suits
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Mideast conflict stalls UN Hariri assassination probe: report
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Appeals court lets government file more arguments in Guantanamo cases
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The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement Thursday saying it was "deeply shocked and distressed" at an Israeli attack on a UNIFIL military observer post in Lebanon Tuesday that killed four observers [UNIFIL press release,...
Haitian authorities freed former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune from prison Thursday on a provisional release, though Neptune still faces charges that he calls "imaginary." Neptune has been detained for two years since former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide [BBC...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has released a list of secret government surveillance operations focusing on war protestors and other political activists in northern and central California from September 2001 through July 2006 [timeline,...
The Washington Supreme Court official website] ruled 7-2 Thursday that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) must release files documenting sexual abuse allegations compiled over decades for use in an upcoming lawsuit brought by three...
A new US federal regulation announced by the Department of Homeland Security Thursday and published in the Federal Register would for the first time require biometric fingerprinting and photographing of lawful permanent US residents - so called "green...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Thursday that it had reached settlements with former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan and six others for their roles in fraudulent adjustments and entries in WorldCom's books and records. Mark...
Attorneys for the US government and for plaintiffs asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Thursday to consolidate more than 20 cases involving telephone companies' roles in the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news...
The current Mideast conflict has halted the UN International Independent Investigation Commission probe into the February 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , Beirut's Daily Star newspaper reports Friday. A...
The US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit will allow the Bush administration to file briefs in yet another round of legal arguments challenging hundreds of lawsuits filed by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
