Updated: Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, invoked emergency powers on Saturday, suspending the country’s constitution and firing the chief justice of its supreme court, who reportedly is under virtual house…
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, among other American intelligence officials, has been subpoenaed to appear as a witness in a federal espionage case against pro-Israeli lobbyists.
A private practitioner from Canada who represents a Guantanamo Bay detainee held since the age of 15 has reportedly been banned by his military co-counsel from the client’s upcoming arraignment…
A federal judge is defending the ability of the federal courts to hear terrorism cases—and taking issue with a suggestion to the contrary by attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey.
Even before his nomination as the country’s next attorney general is confirmed, Michael Mukasey may already be protecting the Bush administration, some legal experts say.
A federal prosecutor accused of intentionally withholding evidence that would have helped the defense in a high-profile 2003 terrorism trial has been found not guilty on all charges in a…
Whether the president has the power to hold a legal U.S. resident in military custody as a so-called enemy combatant is being argued today before the full 4th U.S. Circuit…
Michael Mukasey is promising to review the legality of waterboarding, a harsh interrogation method that simulates drowning, if he is confirmed as attorney general.
A Spanish court has convicted 21 people in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. Seven others, including an alleged mastermind, were acquitted.
Displaying a hangman’s noose has become an increasingly common practice throughout the country since a civil rights march in Jena, La., last month over a racially charged schoolyard attack that…