The European Court of Human Rights handed down two rulings finding the Polish government in violation of European human rights laws based on the establishment of prison center used for illegal detainment and torture of...
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The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Thursday voted 11-3 to submit to the White House to declassify and release a report on its findings about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) use...
CIA inspector general asks DOJ to investigate overseas interrogation methods
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) office of the Inspector General has reportedly requested that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate CIA conduct in secret detention programs that was the focus of an unreleased US Senate...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that the executive branch may continue to withhold a Department of Justice (DOJ) memo that established the legal basis...
Allegations of harsh interrogations and torture have been consistent in the decade since Guantanamo Bay began housing prisoners. Former detainees subsequently voiced abuse accusations, including Sami-al-Leithy, Murat Kurnaz, Mohammed El Gharani, Mubarak Hussain bin Abul Hasim and Binyam Mohamed. Detainees...
Eric Holder: Prosecutorial Discretion and Extrajudicial Deaths
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Second Circuit allows CIA to withhold interrogation documents
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ruled that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) do not have to release records pertaining to CIA...
Federal appeals court rejects NSA, Google disclosure request
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday rejected a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request arising out of 2010 cyber attack on Google targeting...
Federal judge orders CIA Bay of Pigs volume to remain secret
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colombia ruled Thursday that the final volume in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) history of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of...
Bush administration lawyer granted qualified immunity in torture lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday granted qualified immunity to former Bush administration official John Yoo over allegations of wrongdoing in relation to controversial memos...