Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently declared that a strategic defeat of al-Qaida is “within reach,” a position that is shared by U.S. counterterrorism officials.
Attorney Matt Kostolnik wound up with a seeming MySpace page featuring teens having sex and was visited at work by the Secret Service after the Minneapolis lawyer moved next door…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a former college football player who had claimed he was unconstitutionally held as a material witness in a terrorism probe after the Sept.…
A federal judge hearing a suit involving allegations of extraordinary rendition said Thursday she is “literally speechless” at a Justice Department assertion that the plaintiff cannot give the judge classified…
The American Civil Liberties Union is expressing disappointment that congressional leaders have reached an agreement to extend the USA Patriot Act without adding provisions to limit wiretap powers.
Sheila Birnbaum, who heads the mass torts and insurance litigation group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has been selected to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the…
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program by five men who claimed they were sent to other countries to be tortured.
Judicial Watch, which describes itself as a conservative education foundation, filed a lawsuit today seeking the release of Osama bin Laden’s death photos and videos. It is one of many…
Updated: A federal judge in Utah has asked the FBI to explain why it hasn’t searched all possible databases and evidence rooms for surveillance tapes related to the 1995 bombing…
The Pentagon is reportedly negotiating with the International Committee of the Red Cross to set up a program allowing family members to visit detainees at Guantanamo Bay.