US Senator Brian Dorgan (D-ND) released a letter Friday confirming that allegations raised by an ex-Defense Department contractor regarding no-bid contracts awarded to a Halliburton subsidiary for work in Iraq...
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DOJ may investigate Halliburton no-bid contract for Iraq work
Specter blocks deal to extend Patriot Act, calls for revisions
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Fifth Circuit returning to New Orleans in January
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Fitzgerald presenting CIA leak case to second grand jury
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Wal-Mart immigration raid leads to deportations
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80,000 US detainees since 9/11, alleged CIA secret prisons spark concern
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Tunis Commitment [WSIS]
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US jury finds ex-Salvadoran colonel liable for murder, awards $2 million
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US House votes to repeal Byrd Amendment
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Former CIA director calls Cheney ‘vice president for torture’
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US Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) Friday voiced objections to a legislative deal that extend the USA Patriot Act , siding with a bipartisan group of senators threatening to filibuster the bill unless...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit announced Friday that it will return to its New Orleans headquarters in January. Following Hurricane Katrina in September, the appeals court temporarily moved [JURIST...
US DOJ Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald indicated in court documents Friday that his investigation into the CIA leak case will return to a grand jury. Three weeks ago, a previous grand jury indicted former...
The US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicated Friday that all 125 workers arrested at a Wal-Mart distribution center construction site in Pennsylvania Thursday will be deported. Some of the workers, mostly from...
The Pentagon released a report Friday indicating that over 80,000 people have been detained in numerous facilities world-wide since the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. The report comes amid increased criticism by human rights groups and European organizations...
Tunis Commitment, final declaration of the World Summit on the Information Society, November 18, 2005 . Read the...
A US federal court jury Friday found against a former Salvadoran Army colonel , holding him responsible for murder and torture carried out during the El Salvador civil war in the 1980s. The jury heard...
The US House of Representatives voted Friday to repeal a trade program passed in 2000 which the World Trade Organization (WTO) has determined to be a violation of global trade laws . The Continued Dumping and...
A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has called US Vice President Dick Cheney a "vice president for torture," saying that the Bush administration condones and even approves torture policies. Admiral Stansfield Turner,...
