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US military judge rejects Hamdan POW status, allows military commission trial
US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled Wednesday that military commission proceedings against Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] can proceed, denying a defense motion to dismiss for lack of juri (More) |
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White House drops bid to control JAG promotions: Boston Globe
The Bush administration is abandoning a plan to give political appointees in the Defense Department a role in the promotion of military lawyers [Boston Globe report; JURIST report] working as members of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, the Bo (More) |
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Former Guantanamo detainees convicted, released after France retrial
A French court Wednesday sentenced five Frenchmen released from the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay to one year in prison for "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise" after a retrial. A sixth defendant was acquitted. The m (More) |
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Hamdan entitled to POW status hearing: US military judge
A US military judge ruled Monday that Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] is due a hearing to settle his alleged status as a prisoner of war (POW) under the Geneva Conventions and that the d (More) |
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White House seeking control over JAG promotions: Boston Globe
The Bush administration has proposed a draft regulation that would give political appointees in the Defense Department a role in the promotion of military lawyers working as members of the Judge Advocate General Corps, the Boston Globe reported over (More) |
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DOD transfers 15 detainees from Guantanamo Bay
The US Defense Department said Wednesday that 15 detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay , bringing the total number of detainees released from the US detention facility to approximately 485. Thirteen detainees were transferred to Afgha (More) |
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US ordered to preserve evidence in terror suspect 'state-sanctioned torture' claim
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted a motion Tuesday compelling the US government to preserve all evidence of torture against Majid Khan , the first "high-value" Guantanamo Bay detainee to be allowed to meet priv (More) |
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Terror suspect subjected to 'state-sanctioned torture' while held by CIA: lawyer
A lawyer for the first "high-value" Guantanamo Bay detainee to be allowed to meet privately with attorneys told AP Saturday that his client had been "subjected to state-sanctioned torture" in secret overseas CIA prisons. J. Wells (More) |
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DOJ lawyers warned CIA against destruction of 'harsh interrogation' tapes: NYT
US Department of Justice lawyers advised the CIA's general counsel in 2003 not to destroy videotapes showing the "harsh interrogations" of high-value terror detainees Abu Zubaydah [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and Abd al-Rahim al- (More) |
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The Supreme Court ponders habeas rights for Guantanamo prisoners
J. Wells Dixon [Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights and lawyer for several Guantanamo prisoners]: "The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) returned to the United States Supreme Court yesterday for arguments in Al Odah v. United S (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
