In the months following Sept. 11, the National Security Agency provided a "flood" of surveillance information to the FBI, most of which proved to be worthless and a waste of FBI resources, and which...
Restoring the Rule of Law, former Vice-President Al Gore, January 16, 2006 . Excerpt:A president who...
Senate leaders announced late Monday that a US Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito which could have taken place as early as Tuesday will be postponed by...
In a scathing and fiery speech in Washington Monday on eavesdropping and excesses of executive power, former Vice-President and 2000 Democratic Party nominee Al Gore declared that the US Constitution was in "grave danger" and...
A Bangladesh court Monday sentenced a member of the outlawed Islamist militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen to 15 years in prison for involvement in a wave of bomb attacks across the country on August 17 last year that killed...
Human rights groups Monday voiced objections to Sudan President Omar al-Bashir becoming the rotating chair of the African Union for 2006-2007 when African nations hold a summit in Khartoum next week. In a letter to...
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced Monday that it would disregard 227 ballot boxes from the December 15 parliamentary elections in response to 58 serious complaints of election fraud . Since...
A replacement judge has been named to preside over the Iraqi High Criminal Court ] trying ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein following the weekend resignation of chief judge Rizgar Amin [Wikipedia...
The European Commission is urging the 25 European Union member states to implement compatible criminal law procedures in the wake of a study showing drastically different legal practices. While the study conducted...
Under pressure from the United States, the Israeli Cabinet led by Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided to allow Palestinians to vote in Jerusalem during the January 25 Palestinian parliamentary elections so long as...