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Leahy calls for DOJ clarification on Google subpoena

January 26, 2006 08:51:00 AM

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has asked US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to clarify the steps being taken to protect the privacy of American citizens after a Department of Justice (DOJ)...

January 20, 2006 08:05:00 AM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion in federal court seeking to compel Internet search giant Google to comply with a subpoena issued last summer. The subpoena requests that Google...

January 12, 2006 07:19:00 PM

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday dismissed a free speech suit by Yahoo! Inc. challenging a $15 million fine imposed on the company five years ago by a French court for...

November 28, 2005 02:47:00 PM

Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion and promptly resigned from office. Cunningham admitted to taking $2.4 million in bribes in a...

November 18, 2005 11:40:00 AM

Leading Friday's international brief, UN officials are now admitting that membership of the Security Council is unlikely to change anytime soon, despite months of negotiation and calls for changes to the body's composition. UN Secretary General Kofi...

September 8, 2005 10:21:00 AM

Internet giant Yahoo defended itself Thursday against claims that the company aided China in the prosecution and ten-year imprisonment of journalist Shi Tao for divulging state secrets abroad. Yahoo's Hong Kong arm allegedly helped China link to...

September 7, 2005 11:13:00 AM

An international media watchdog organization has said that internet company Yahoo divulged information to China that led to the conviction of a journalist for leaking state secrets. Reporters Without Borders Tuesday accused the...

June 13, 2005 09:17:00 AM

Microsoft has agreed to block Chinese users of its new MSN Spaces blogging portal from using certain words and phrases including "democracy", "freedom", "human rights", and "Taiwan independence". A blogger entering those terms gets a...

April 22, 2005 09:24:00 AM

One day after a Michigan probate court ordered Yahoo! to release the contents of an e-mail account belonging to deceased Marine Justin Ellsworth , the company complied Thursday by delivering a CD of the private documents...

April 6, 2005 03:33:00 PM

A French appeals court Wednesday upheld a lower court decision absolving former Yahoo! CEO Tim Koogle of criminal responsibility for auctions of Nazi paraphernalia held through Yahoo's website. Yahoo was found liable in 2000 for allowing Nazi...

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