In an annual report to Congress Friday, the US Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs revealed that the government applied for and was granted a record number of special warrants in 2004. The report submitted...
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DOJ reports record number of special FISA warrant approvals
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DOJ says Iraq CPA contractors can be sued for profiteering in US
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US officials cite urgency, limited practice in explaining stance on Darfur court
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Nuclear terrorism treaty presented at UN
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Berger pleads guilty to taking classified documents, loses security clearance
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CT ex-governor Rowland begins prison sentence
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Corporations and securities brief ~ FBI investigates auto supplier Delphi
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Judge denies media access to Schiavo abuse investigation records
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American citizen captured in Iraq designated "enemy combatant"
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Rhode Island may amend smoking ban after unconstitutionality ruling
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The US Department of Justice claimed Friday in court papers that contractors for the former Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq can be sued for profiteering under the Federal False Claims Act . Lawyers for the...
US officials Friday went out of their way to explain why the United States Thursday evening did not veto a French-sponsored resolution referring war crimes in Sudan to the International Criminal Court in The...
A United Nations committee Friday adopted a draft of a new treaty to fight nuclear terrorism after years of negotiations. The draft defines acts of nuclear terrorism and strengthens the framework to combat it. The text now...
As anticipated , former US National Security Advisor Sandy Berger pleaded guilty Friday to illegally taking and destroying classified documents from the National Archives . The former Clinton Administration official acknowledged that he intentionally took and...
Former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland arrived Friday at Loretto , a minimum-security federal prison in Pennsylvania, to begin his year-long sentence for corruption of office. Rowland was sentenced two weeks ago to...
Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, the FBI has announced it has started an investigation into auto supplier, Delphi Corp. , over improper accounting at the firm. Delphi, which had launched an internal investigation into...
Florida circuit judge Judge George Greer Friday denied a request from the St. Petersburg Times for the release of investigative summaries regarding alleged mistreatement of Terri Schiavo . The dozens of files in question are...
US Department of Defense spokesmen have said that US forces in Iraq are holding a man with joint US and Jordanian citizenship who is said to be a senior operative for terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi. The...
Lawmakers in Rhode Island have said that they will consider amending the statewide smoking ban that took effect last month in light of a Newport Superior Court judge's Thursday ruling that certain exemptions in...
