Torture Memo Author Declines to Appear Before Senate Commission

Jay S. Bybee, currently a sitting federal judge on the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, has declined, through his attorneys, to appear before the Senate Subcommittee of Administrative Oversight and...

Maid of the Mist Accused of Hundreds of Counts of Perjury

A complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia charging Maid of the Mist President, Christopher Glynn, Maid of the Mist’s VP of Marketing, Timothy P. Ruddy, and Maid of the Mist Controller, Robert J. Schul, with hundreds...

Anthrax: Judge Orders Release of Hatfill Search Warrant

Federal Judge Royce Lamberth has ordered the Justice Dept. to make public the search warrants used to raid the homes of Steven Hatfill and his girlfriend. Hatfill was never charged, and after he sued the DoJ, they settled for $5.8 million, and shortly after blamed the attacks...

Judge to Justice Dept: Hand Over the Warrantless Wiretapping Memos

A federal judge has ruled that the Justice Dept. must produce the memos that put a legal shine on the Bush Administration's 4th Amendment-violating domestic spying program. This is part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by civil liberties and privacy advocates; Justice Kennedy will...

City Subpoenas for Access to Tapes of 2004 RNC Protests

FluxRostrum brought this case to may attention.  In New York, the City is trying to get access to the footage taken by RNC Convention protesters and their supporters.  A group has emerged to challenge the request. "At trials stemming from arrests during the 2004...

Former White House aide Scooter Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in CIA leak case

"WASHINGTON: Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation — the probe that showed a White House obsessed with...

Execution Records Raise Questions, and Possible 8th Ammendment violations

"He said records of executions raised questions about whether prisoners are always rendered unconscious before they are injected with potentially painful drugs that kill them. Testimony also revealed that...

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