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News DOJ pushes tougher anti-piracy legislation
DOJ pushes tougher anti-piracy legislation
Greg Sampson
November 10, 2005 05:06:00 pm

The US Department of Justice has submitted a body of proposed laws to Congress that would strengthen federal intellectual property enforcement, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced Thursday during remarks at an anti-piracy meeting in...

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News Pentagon says Rumsfeld can override new detainee interrogation directive
Pentagon says Rumsfeld can override new detainee interrogation directive
Greg Sampson
November 10, 2005 04:45:00 pm

A Pentagon spokesperson has said that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is authorized to override the new Department of Defense Directive released Tuesday requiring all interrogations of detainees to be conducted in...

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News Federal prosecutors investigating criminal charges on New Orleans levee failures
Federal prosecutors investigating criminal charges on New Orleans levee failures
Greg Sampson
November 10, 2005 04:25:00 pm

US Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jim Letten has announced that his office is conducting a criminal investigation into alleged corruption of individuals involved in the design, construction and maintenance of the flood barriers of...

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News NAACP, ACLU seek Congressional modifications to Voting Rights Act
NAACP, ACLU seek Congressional modifications to Voting Rights Act
Greg Sampson
November 10, 2005 03:59:00 pm

Representatives of the NAACP and the ACLU Voting Rights Project testified before the US House Judiciary Committee Wednesday as to how Congress should modify the Voting Rights Act ...

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News Louisiana AG considering legal action against New Orleans levee designers
Louisiana AG considering legal action against New Orleans levee designers
Greg Sampson
November 8, 2005 04:53:00 pm

The office of Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti announced Tuesday that it is investigating the possibility of legal action against the companies that designed and constructed the levee systems that led to the flooding of large portions...

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Alito tells senators abortion ruling deserves respect
Greg Sampson
November 8, 2005 04:14:00 pm

In meetings with US senators on Tuesday, US Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito said that the Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing women the right to an abortion was...

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US military accused of illegally using chemical weapons against Iraqis
Greg Sampson
November 8, 2005 03:01:00 pm

Italian state TV RAI Tuesday aired a documentary accusing the United States of using the chemical white phosphorus against both insurgents and civilians during a military assault on the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah...

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News Frist, Hastert call for investigation into leak of CIA secret prison information
Frist, Hastert call for investigation into leak of CIA secret prison information
Greg Sampson
November 8, 2005 02:56:00 pm

US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday called for a Congressional investigation into who leaked information on secret Central Intelligence Agency prison facilities in Eastern Europe rumored...

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Pentagon issues new rules governing terror detainee interrogations
Greg Sampson
November 8, 2005 02:32:00 pm

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced it has issued a new directive restricting interrogation practices of suspected terrorists. Department of Defense Directive 3115.09 establishes the broad requirement that all intelligence interrogations of detained individuals...

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Second judge recuses self in DeLay trial
Greg Sampson
November 3, 2005 05:00:00 pm

Texas Administrative Judge B.B. Schraub on Thursday recused himself from further proceedings in the trial of Rep. Tom DeLay after Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle filed a motion requesting a new...

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Shoe-bomber sentenced to life in prison

On January 30, 2003, British-born Richard Reid was sentenced to life in a US prison for attempting to destroy an American passenger plane using a bomb hidden in his shoe. Reid attempted to ignite the explosive device on a flight leaving Miami International Airport bound for Paris on December 21, 2001. Before he could light the fuse, Reid was restrained by passengers and crew on board. Reid was convicted on eight counts, and sentenced to life plus 110 years in prison. Read a copy of the indictment in U.S. v. Reid.

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On January 30, 1973, former Nixon aides G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. were convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in connection with a politically-motivated break-in at the Watergate hotel.

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