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AI: US interference with Snowden asylum violates human rights
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday said that US authorities' efforts to thwart Edward Snowden's attempts to seek asylum amount to serious human rights violations. According to Wikileaks , a whistleblower website, Snowden submitted asylum appli (More) |
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Bolivia ambassador demands consequences for diverting president's plane
The Bolivian ambassador to the UN, Sacha Llorenti, claimed on Wednesday that it was an act of aggression for European countries to deny the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales , the right to fly through their airspace. Llorenti alleged that internatio (More) |
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US citizen charged with espionage over NSA leaks
The US government has charged former government contractor Edward Snowden with espionage for leaking top secret documents, according to a sealed criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia . The complaint (More) |
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Top secret documents show NSA able to use US data without warrant
The British newspaper The Guardian released two documents Thursday revealing [Guardian report] that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was granted the power to make use of information unintentionally gathered from domestic US communications wit (More) |
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Former DOJ prosecutor sues over surveillance programs
Activist attorney and former government prosecutor Larry Klayman filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia , challenging the government's recently revealed phone data collection. Klayman, founde (More) |
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ACLU challenges NSA surveillance measures
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), in conjunction with the New York Civil Liberties Union filed suit Tuesday against the National Security Agency (NSA) challenging its recently revealed phone data collection. As a Verizon business network (More) |
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US lawmakers urge review of government surveillance activities
Several US lawmakers called Sunday for a review of the government's surveillance activity in light of recent reports revealing phone and Internet monitoring. Lawmakers have also called for a criminal investigation into the activities of Edward Snowd (More) |
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Maryland court recognizes spousal privilege for same-sex married couple
A Maryland court ruled Thursday that the spousal privilege preventing spouses from being compelled to testify against one another applies to a lesbian couple married in Washington DC, recognizing the rights of (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
