Tag: law
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9/11: remains, appeals, contradictions & vidal
ny medics identify four 9/11 victimsfrom press tv: The New York medical examiners have identified the remains of three men and one woman slain in 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. “I don’t think any of us know how to react to it,” said Douglas Mann, whose cousin Ronald Milstein was working as a…
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9/11 lawsuits: raissi & ashcroft
pilot can pursue 9/11 damagesfrom press association: Lotfi Raissi, the Algerian wrongly accused of training pilots involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, should be allowed to claim compensation, the Court of Appeal ruled. Mr Raissi was arrested at his home in Colnbrook under the Terrorism Act in September 2001, 10 days after…
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obl, borat, riaa hacked & hollywood’s war profits
osama film super sized at sundancefrom canoe: As it turns out, finding Osama bin Laden is harder than getting fat eating Big Macs. Who knew? Not Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock apparently, whose highly anticipated documentary Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? bowed Monday in front of a sell-out crowd. The project,…
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snipes’ tax, keaton’s f*ck, ‘gangster’ libel & ap’s spears lust
lawyers face off at start of snipes tax fraud casefrom reuters: Defense attorneys clashed with the prosecution on Wednesday in Wesley Snipes’ tax fraud trial over whether the actor conspired with a longtime tax protester to defraud the government of millions of dollars. The star of the “Blade” movie series has been charged with six…
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hr393: universal national service act of 2007
from beware of this: To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during…
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oregon: ground zero in fight against riaa
from computerworld: Oregon is fast becoming Ground Zero in the contentious battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the tens of thousands of consumers it accuses of illegal music sharing. The state Attorney General’s office this week filed an appeal in U.S. District Court in Oregon calling for an immediate investigation of…
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alleged nazi guard appeals deportation
(hmm, there sure are alot of nazi stories in the news lately.i should paperclip them all together & save them for an overcast day…) from ap: A lawyer for a former autoworker accused of being a Nazi death camp guard on Thursday challenged the right of the nation’s chief immigration judge to order his deportation.…
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Inject Mercury Into Your Child’s Blood Or Go To Jail
from washington post: The parents of more than 2,300 Prince George’s County students who failed to get needed vaccinations could face fines of $50 a day and up to 10 days in jail if their children do not meet the state’s immunization requirements, county officials said yesterday. The threat of legal action is a last…
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settlement reached over loss of jfk archive in 9/11
from amateur photographer: The estate of President John F Kennedy’s personal photographer Jacques Lowe has accepted an undisclosed sum from JP Morgan Chase bank over the loss of 40,000 negatives in 9/11. Jacques Lowe’s treasured archive had been stored in a safe deposit box, housed within the vaults of 5 World Trade Center – a…
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red alert: 2008 defense authorization bill
from blacklisted news: The 2008 Defense Authorization Bill authorizes use of US military for domestic purposes! Section 1615, page 672 (of 794) (Under TITLE XVI, NATIONAL GUARD ENHANCEMENT) DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS (a) DETERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS—- The Secretary of Defense shall determine the military-unique capabilities needed to be provided by the…
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alleged 3/11 mastermind acquitted
from ap: Three lead defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings were found guilty of mass murder and other charges Wednesday but four other top suspects were convicted on lesser charges and an accused ringleader was completely acquitted… Much of the evidence against the men was circumstantial. Bouchar, for instance, had been seen on one…
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why is the cia suppressing jfk files?
from lisa pease: As Jefferson Morley reports in the Huffington Post: “Lawyers for the Central Intelligence Agency faced pointed questions in a federal court hearing Monday morning about the agency’s efforts to block disclosure of long-secret records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.” Morley filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against…
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evidence in 9/11 damages cases is restricted
from nytimes: The federal judge hearing damages cases filed by families of Sept. 11 victims has tightly restricted evidence that one family may present at the first trial. The judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, ruled Tuesday that he would exclude some of the plaintiffs’ more sensational and speculative evidence in…
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nsa punishes qwest for refusing to spy on americans
from thinkprogess: Documents released in an insider trading trial yesterday reveal that “the National Security Agency and other government agencies retaliated against Qwest because the Denver telco refused to go along with a phone spying program.” In the documents, former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio is quoted as saying “the request was both inappropriate and illegal,…
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9/11 families criticized for ‘silent’ settlement
from raw story:: Five Maryland families, all of whom agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the airline industry over their loved ones’ deaths on Sept. 11, are drawing some pointed criticism for agreeing to keep silent about what they learned during the course of the lawsuit. The families, who chose not to receive money through…