Although he had never met Mychal Bell, a doctor living elsewhere in the state posted the bond the 17-year-old needed to get out of jail and return home to the…
Fourteen terrorism suspects transferred to Guantanamo Bay from secret CIA prisons have been told they have the right to a lawyer and ABA assistance in locating one.
An Oregon lawyer mistakenly identified as a suspect in a terrorist bombing has won a ruling that parts of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow surveillance and…
A Chicago police officer has been arrested by federal authorities in an alleged plot to murder a former officer expected to testify against him in a police corruption case.
A controversy over John Rizzo’s role in harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects has scuttled his nomination to become general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
A special military appeals court is giving Guantanamo prosecutors a chance to prove that detainees are unlawful enemy combatants in a ruling that paves the way for war crimes trials.
Saying that the Department of Homeland Security didn’t notice for months that its computer system had been attacked by hackers, a Congressman who works closely with the department is now…
A judge’s decision to allow jurors to hear cockpit recordings of a plane downed on Sept. 11, 2001, may have helped lead to the settlement of 14 cases against United…
Four former Guantanamo Bay military prison detainees who claim American officials abused them there haven’t had any luck trying to sue the U.S. government over alleged constitutional rights violations. But…
The U.S. military is investigating how several prisoners at Guantanamo Bay came to be wearing unauthorized underwear, and among those it is questioning are their attorneys.
Updated: A federal judge in New York has ruled that a jury may hear part of the cockpit voice recording made in the minutes before the crash of a plane…