A federal district judge Friday dismissed a breach of privacy lawsuit against the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) . The Belgium-based international banking cooperative disclosed personal information about its customers to third parties, including the CIA and US Treasury Department. Ian Walker and Stephen Kruse said their privacy rights were violated because each [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that an Egyptian student wrongly detained in the wake of the 9/11 attacks may sue the FBI agent who interrogated him. Abdallah Higazy appealed a ruling by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York which granted summary judgment to the [...]
The former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay , Col. Morris D. Davis , told the New York Times Friday that he was pressured to use classified evidence against defendants in closed war crimes trials for detainees. In the interview, Davis said the push to use classified evidence stems from an internal military disagreement over [...]
US President George W. Bush imposed new sanctions on 12 Myanmar businesses and individuals in an executive order issued Friday. Included in the order freezing US-held assets and blocking certain property transactions were designations by the Treasury department of an additional 11 leaders of the Myanmar military junta who were subject to existing sanctions and [...]
Two US Marines were ordered Friday to face court-martial hearings for their actions in connection with the killings of 24 Iraqi citizens in Haditha in November 2005. Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani is charged with dereliction of duty and violation of a lawful order based on the allegations that he failed to properly investigate shootings. [...]
Giovanni Di Stefano provides exclusive video commentary for JURIST on the current circumstances of his client Ali Hassan al-Majid and the implications of al-Majid's planned execution:
Gabor Rona : "I previously commented on JURIST about the flaws in the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review's recent decision to reinstate the Guantanamo Military Commission proceedings against Omar Khadr, who is charged with murder of an American soldier, attempted murder, providing material support to terrorists and spying. Khadr was 15 years old when [...]
White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto attempted Friday to deflect widespread criticism of US Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey's refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday . Mukasey refused to be pinned down on the issue, merely suggesting that if waterboarding is [...]
Seymour Lazar pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of justice, subscribing to a false tax return and making a false declaration for his role in the Milberg Weiss kickback scheme where the firm is accused of paying up to $11.3 million in illegal kickbacks since 1984 to individuals, including Lazar, to serve as lead plaintiffs in [...]
The Georgia Supreme Court granted a stay of execution Thursday to convicted killer Jack Alderman. The death row inmate was scheduled to die Friday at 7PM ET and had already selected his last meal. The court said it granted the stay pending a US Supreme Court ruling in Baze v. Rees (07-5439), a case challenging [...]
