The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that two former lobbyists may use classified documents in their defense against charges under the 1917 Espionage Act . Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, previously with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) , are charged with conspiring to convey classified US intelligence to [...]
Guest commentator Mike McNerney, Washington College of Law American University JD '09, is a former US Air Force officer who recently visited the US base at Guantanamo Bay… European Union (EU) nations have been intensely debating whether to accept convicted and released Guantanamo detainees. Some countries have agreed to do so, while others refuse, and [...]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that bars Nawaz Sharif , former prime minister and current leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) , from holding elected office based on a past criminal conviction for "hijacking". Sharif was convicted of the offense for attempting to divert a plane carrying [...]
Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) prosecutor Stephen Rapp has told Reuters that lack of court funds due to the global economic downturn may require the release of former Liberian President Charles Taylor . The SCSL has charged Taylor with 11 counts of crimes against humanity for his involvement in the Revolutionary United Front, a [...]
Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr were blocked from attending a scheduled Tuesday meeting with Khadr at Guantanamo Bay . Officials have launched an investigation into the ethics of the defense team, and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bill Kuebler , a military lawyer for Khadr, e-mailed media outlets to state that the investigation was prompted [...]
Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos on Tuesday indicated his country's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees during his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington DC. No specific details were set out during the meeting, and Moratinos told Spanish media that the legal implications of each detainee's case will have [...]
Internet search company Google, Inc. will apply to join a European Commission (EC) antitrust proceeding against Microsoft , accusing the software giant of hindering competition, according to a message from Google Vice President Sundar Pichai posted to the company's official blog Tuesday. On January 17, the EC confirmed that it sent a Statement of Objections [...]
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe on Monday denied ordering Department of Administrative Security (DAS) agents to conduct wiretaps on politicians, judges and journalists. Journalists from the Colombian magazine Semana were the first to publish the allegations, and have stated that certain recordings have already been destroyed. Some fear that remaining tapes may get into the hands [...]
British Justice Secretary Jack Straw on Tuesday vetoed a British Information Tribunal order for the release of redacted minutes of two Cabinet discussions from the months prior to the invasion of Iraq . Straw declared that the public interest in keeping Cabinet meetings secret outweighed the benefits of disclosure: Serious and controversial decisions must be [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the Guatemalan Congress to approve a law establishing a National Search Commission for the Persons Forcibly and Involuntarily Disappeared. The proposed legislation was presented to the Guatemalan Congress in January 2007, and was an important part of a 1999 report by the Commission for Historical Clarification. Prompted by the [...]
