Terrorism

Four Gitmo Reporters Banned from Hearings for Using Interrogator’s Name

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. 1.” The reporters who got the boot are Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg, Toronto Star reporter Michelle Shephard, The Globe…

May 7, 2010 1:01 PM CDT

Costly Surveillance Cameras Provide Little Benefit, Columnist Argues

The would-be car-bombing in New York City’s Times Square last weekend put surveillance cameras in the spotlight. And in that case—in which cameras provided shots of the suspect’s vehicle and an individual apparently unrelated to the bomb attempt taking off his shirt—as in many others, it isn’t clear what worthwhile…

May 6, 2010 6:33 PM CDT

Times Square Car-Bomb Suspect Nearly Escaped Due to No-Fly-List Flaw

A suspect in a failed car-bombing attempt in New York City’s Times Square had actually boarded a plane about to take off for Dubai before he was arrested because of a flaw in the no-fly-list process. Although Faisal Shahzad had been put on the list more than 10 hours earlier,…

May 5, 2010 5:13 PM CDT

Criminal Complaint Filed Against Times Square Bombing Suspect

Updated: Authorities arrested a suspect in the failed Times Square bombing after he had boarded a plane bound for Dubai at Kennedy Airport on Monday evening; this afternoon, a criminal complaint was filed against him. Officials believe that Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, bought the Nissan…

May 4, 2010 8:22 PM CDT

Whither the Uighurs?

Court passes on the fate of Chinese Muslims remaining at Gitmo

May 1, 2010 7:30 AM CDT

Fired US Attorney Is a Gitmo Prosecutor in Case of Teen Captured in Afghanistan

Fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias is back in the news, this time for his role in the prosecution of a Canadian teen captured on an Afghanistan battlefield. Iglesias, a captain in the Navy reserves, was mobilized to Guantanamo’s military commissions last year, the Miami Herald reports. Now he is part…

Apr 30, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

Meet Janet Napolitano, a Mountain-Climbing, Peeps-Loving Ex-Prosecutor

Many TV viewers know Janet Napolitano for her gaffe as she spoke about the would-be underwear bomber who was tackled on a Christmas Day flight. In two interviews, the Homeland Security secretary said authorities had things under control after the bomb failed to detonate. But in the third, she shortened…

Apr 22, 2010 1:41 PM CDT

Navy SEAL Acquitted in Beating of Alleged Mastermind of Blackwater Guard Attacks

A military jury deliberated for only two hours before acquitting a Navy SEAL accused of failing to prevent the beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding an attack on four Blackwater security contractors. Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas was found not guilty of dereliction of duty and attempting…

Apr 22, 2010 12:20 PM CDT

Lawyers ‘Livid’ and ‘Upset’ Over Destroyed Interrogation Tapes, E-Mails Show

A decision by a top official of the CIA to destroy 92 videotapes showing the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects was done without the knowledge or assent of two top lawyers—White House counsel Harriet Miers and CIA acting general counsel John Rizzo, according to newly released e-mails. The lawyers were…

Apr 16, 2010 12:33 PM CDT

Was Same Gun Used to Kill Judge, Human Rights Attorney & Journalist?

The same handgun that was used to kill a Russian judge outside his Moscow home this week also was the weapon used to murder a human rights attorney and a journalist last year, a lawyer contends. The latest slaying reportedly could be a contract hit related to Moscow City Court…

Apr 14, 2010 5:11 PM CDT

Airline Passenger Who Set Off Terrorism Scare Claims Diplomatic Immunity

An airline passenger who may have been sneaking a cigarette in a lavatory is claiming diplomatic immunity after the incident on a flight bound for Denver raised fears he was a shoe bomber. Two fighter jets responding to the report escorted the plane to the airport, the New York Times…

Apr 8, 2010 11:36 AM CDT

Man Gets 8 Years for Liening Property of 3 Federal Judges

The already-imprisoned founder of a the Montana Freeman militia group has been sentenced to an additional eight years for liening the property of three federal judges after winning a default judgment from a “court” of his own creation. Daniel Petersen, now 67, is the first individual ever convicted under a…

Apr 7, 2010 7:08 PM CDT

Roeder Gets Harshest Possible ‘Hard 50’ Life Term in Kansas Abortion Doc Murder

Updated: Facing a mandatory life sentence for the murder of a Kansas abortion doctor in a Wichita church, Scott Roeder got the harshest possible sentence today—life with the possibility of parole only after 50 years. Alternatively, Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert could have given Roeder a sentence allowing parole…

Apr 1, 2010 10:05 PM CDT

Judge Refuses to Order Release of CIA Records in Oklahoma City Bombing Probe

A Salt Lake City lawyer who believes his brother died during an interrogation by FBI agents probing the Oklahoma City bombing has lost a request for CIA records in the probe. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups ruled that the agency was justified in withholding the records because of the government’s…

Apr 1, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

NSA Illegally Wiretapped 2 Lawyers for Islamic Charity, Judge Rules

Federal authorities violated the law by wiretapping two United States lawyers for an Islamic charity without obtaining a warrant, a federal judge in San Francisco has just ruled. The government will almost certainly appeal the much-awaited ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California…

Mar 31, 2010 7:54 PM CDT