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Jeppesen: A Cry for Congressional Help on State Secrets
JURIST Guest Columnists Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen of New England Law Boston say in the wake of the Ninth Circuit's decision in Bynyam v. Jeppesen Dataplan that the time is right for Congress to codify a state secrets privilege that insures (More) |
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Pakistani woman sentenced to 86 years for attempted murder of US personnel
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday sentenced Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani woman convicted of attempting to murder US personnel at the Afghan facility where she was being held, to 86 years in prison. (More) |
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Poland prosecutors probing treatment of alleged USS Cole bomber at secret CIA prison
Polish prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will open an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of accused USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri at a secret CIA prison in Poland. The investigation is in response to the request filed (More) |
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Lawyers for alleged USS Cole bomber request investigation into detention in Poland
A human rights group and lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , a Saudi man accused in connection with the 2000 USS Cole attack , filed a request Tuesday with Polish prosecutors for an investigation into al-Nashiri's detention and treatment at a sec (More) |
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Judicial Abdication in Times of War: Lessons Not Yet Learned
JURIST Guest Columnists Laurie R. Blank of Emory Law's International Humanitarian Law Clinic and Amos N. Guiora of the University of Utah College of Law say that by continuing its deference to the executive in terrorism cases nine years after 9/11, t (More) |
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Ninth Circuit dismisses CIA rendition suit on state secrets grounds
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday affirmed a district court's dismissal of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against a Boeing subsidiary in connection with its alleged role in the Central Intelligen (More) |
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CIA removed terror suspects from Guantanamo to avoid due process: AP
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) transferred several high-profile prisoners to Guantanamo Bay to await trial in 2003, only to transfer them back into the CIA's network of secret prisons so they would not be entitled to lawyers and access to U (More) |
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Supreme Court refuses to take Arar rendition appeal
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday denied certiorari in Arar v. Ashcroft [docket; cert. petition, PDF], a case concerning the US government's extraordinary rendition policy. Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advo (More) |
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Spain prosecutor requests arrest warrants for CIA rendition agents
A lawyer from the Spanish National Court Office of the Prosecutor on Wednesday petitioned judge Ismael Moreno to issue arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents who allegedly kidnapped a German citizen of Lebanese descent in 2003 as part of the Bush adminis (More) |
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UK MPs, rights groups call for torture inquiry
Human rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Liberty, and Reprieve on Monday joined with members of British parliament in calling for an inquiry into the UK role in torture and rendition during the war on terror. In an (More) |
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emporer
On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.
