A landmark civilian criminal court indictment of an accused “enemy combatant” who has been held without trial for years by the U.S. military was approved yesterday by a federal grand…
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has rejected an argument by the Obama administration that a lawsuit by a Muslim charity is blocked by the state secrets privilege.
A U.S. prisoner who has been held without trial for more than five years as an alleged “enemy combatant” is now reportedly about to be charged by the Department of…
President Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel fielded few questions about her abortion views and little opposition at a confirmation hearing yesterday.
In the wake of news last week that the police chief of a major Mexican city in Chihuahua had resigned rather than face the threat of another police officer being…
A Pentagon report concludes that the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions, but conditions could be improved by allowing more social interaction and…
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey delayed a report last fall by the Justice Department’s ethics unit that criticizes three lawyers who wrote the so-called torture memos approving harsh interrogation tactics…
Escalating violence in Mexico and Latin America from a failed U.S.-led war on drugs is putting democratic governments and their judicial systems and police forces at risk, says a report…
In a significant step toward dismantling what the Indian government has described as the “infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan,” the government of Pakistan filed terrorism and cybercrime charges today against…
U.S. officials are expressing reservations about an upcoming NBC series that uses To Catch a Predator tactics to confront alleged war criminals and terrorists living in the United States.
In a case closely watched for a preview of the Obama’s administration’s terrorism policies, a Justice Department lawyer invoked the state secrets privilege before a federal appeals court yesterday.