Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta on Friday defended information the CIA gave to Congress on the use of interrogation techniques during the Bush administration. In response to statements made by Speaker...
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Texas Border Coalition v. Napolitano, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 15, 2009 ....
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on the US government to make "fundamental changes to reduce civilian casualties" in Afghanistan after attacks last week reportedly left more than 140 civilians dead. HRW said that...
US officials said Friday that Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene has been released and sent to France . Boumediene was the named plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case Boumediene v....
US President Barack Obama announced Friday that he is reinstating the controversial military commission system to try some Guantanamo Bay detainees. Obama said that there will be changes to...
CACI International, Inc., et al. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, May 14, 2009 [holding that St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. has no duty to defend or indemnify...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the US Wednesday to hold accountable those accused of committing torture under the Bush administration. Pillay welcomed the US as a new member of the UN...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that the insurance company for defense contractor CACI Internationals has no duty to defend or indemnify CACI against claims of torture at...
German Social Democratic Party (SPD) lawmakers said Thursday that they will not support a recently proposed bill that would ban paintball in response to a March school shooting that left 16 dead , including...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Andrei Nesterenko said Thursday that Russia has proposed changes to the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) . The 1990 treaty restricts the number of troops and...
