John Negroponte , director of US national intelligence, has said that the US has no immediate plans to put detained suspected senior al Qaeda members on trial. In a speech Thursday commemorating the first anniversary of the creation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence , Negroponte stressed the importance of intelligence provided [...]
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The US Department of Homeland Security and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) announced a comprehensive plan to combat illegal immigration on Thursday which involves cracking down on companies that harbor illegal workers. The strategy is part of the Secure Border Initiative to "revers growing tolerance for the employment of illegal aliens and [...]
Leading Friday's environmental law news, the California Air Resources Board has approved a plan that calls for new emissions regulations and business incentives to reduce air pollution from shipping companies, railroads and trucking companies. The plan is specifically aimed at achieving federal standards for ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels under the Clean Air [...]
Royal proclamation to the nation from King Gyanendra of Nepal, April 21, 2006 . English-language translation from eKantipur.com: Beloved Countrymen, You are all aware that, given the situation prevailing in the country then, we were compelled to take the decision of 1 February 2005 to set in motion a meaningful exercise in multiparty democracy by [...]
The European Council counter-terrorism coordinator has reported that the existence of secret CIA prisons in Europe cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Addressing a European Parliament committee on Thursday, Gijs de Vries also denied that allegations of coordination between the US and EU member states regarding extraordinary rendition were supported by proof. De Vries' [...]
The US State Department has said the US intends to release 100 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay as soon as it identifies countries that will accept them. Speaking at the US embassy in Paris on Thursday, State Department official Sandra Hodgkinson said that the prisoners will be sent to their countries of origin provided that the [...]
AP is reporting that Nepal's King Gyanendra has said that executive power "shall be returned to the people from this day forward." Gyanendra's statement follows a last attempt to put an end to pro-democracy protests against Gyanendra's rule by imposing an 11-hour curfew in the city of Kathmandu. The shoot-on-sight curfew had little effect however, [...]
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the failure of Internet service providers to retain user records has impeded US Justice Department investigations into child pornography and said that the department is looking into setting "reasonable" data retention standards. In a speech at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Gonzales said: The [...]
The National Security Archive Fund, Inc. v. The United States Department of the Air Force, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, April 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday voiced grave concern "at the escalating wave of violence surrounding the pro-democracy demonstrations throughout Nepal in recent days," noting in particular several incidents where Nepalese police have fired on protesters during ongoing demonstrations against the rule of King Gyanendra . The experts, including the special rapporteurs [...]
