Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old naturalized U.S. Citizen from Pakistan charged with the failed car bombing in Times Square in May, pleaded guilty in federal court this afternoon.
A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban “facilitated” an attempted car bombing in New York City’s Times Square, said Attorney General Eric Holder today in a written statement announcing an…
Bryan Cave partner James Cole defended a terrorism article he wrote for Legal Times in 2002 during a hearing yesterday on his confirmation to become deputy attorney general.
A lawyer arguing on behalf of John Yoo told an appellate panel on Monday that the former Justice Department official can’t be liable for his legal advice on national security.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by a Canadian engineer who claims the United States transferred him to Syria to be tortured after he was mistakenly…
Less than three months after a federal judge rejected a proposed settlement for ground zero workers, a new deal has been reached that will put more money in plaintiffs’ pockets.
A magistrate judge and a court clerk were shot to death today in Belgium as they were in a courtroom working on a civil case near the Palais de Justice…
The American Bar Association is opposing a provision in a House defense bill that authorizes the Pentagon inspector general to investigate lawyers for Guantanamo detainees for suspected misconduct that interferes…
A federal appeals court has ruled that three detainees held at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan do not have a right to a habeas hearing in U.S. courts.
Although a screener apparently failed to spot the mismatch between a boarding pass and the identification presented by a man who was allowed to board a commercial jetliner and depart…
An already convoluted case concerning the power of federal courts to intervene in government decisions about where to transfer detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison has been further complexified…
Attorney General Eric Holder says the Obama administration would like to work with Congress to develop a more flexible Miranda rule to allow longer questioning of terrorism suspects before they…
Four journalists covering Guantanamo court hearings this week have been booted from future sessions of the military commissions for violating a secrecy order and publishing the name of “Interrogator No.…