Tag: law
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9/11 suit reveals security missteps
from washington times: Attorneys for the families of five persons killed in the September 11, 2001, attacks said yesterday that their negligence lawsuit yielded new information about what they think were security lapses that allowed terrorists to board and hijack planes. The families filed the suit in 2003 against the airline industry and airport security…
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homegrown terrorists or dupes?
from sun-sentinel: The charges were stunning: Seven men accused of trying to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up the FBI headquarters in Miami Beach and the Sears Tower in Chicago. On closer examination, however, the accusations fizzled. Even government officials described the groups’ plans as “more aspirational than operational.” Now, more than a year…
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news on the march
colorado checkpoint takes blood & saliva samplesfrom denver post: The Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office was apologizing Monday after a weekend effort to help a research group led to complaints about what appeared to be a DUI checkpoint – but wasn’t. Sheriff’s officials who participated in the stops now acknowledge that the nonprofit organization requesting voluntary…
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judge strikes down part of patriot act
from ap: A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court’s approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the government orders must be subject to meaningful judicial review and that the…
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boeing teams with 5 airlines in 9/11 lawsuit against cia & fbi
from ny1: Five airlines and airline-maker Boeing have filed 9/11-related lawsuits in Manhattan Federal Court against the CIA and the FBI. The airlines say they need the agents’ testimony to defend themselves against lawsuits which say they were to blame for the 9/11 attacks. Forty-one cases were filed on behalf of 42 victims, because some…
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mckinney sues atlanta newspaper for libel
from atlanta progressive news: Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has sued the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper for libel, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. The lawsuit was filed on July 26, 2007, in State Court of Fulton County, according to a copy of the court filing obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. The lawsuit focuses on what…
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plame to appeal dismissal of suit in cia case
from npr: Lawyers for CIA operative Valerie Plame say they plan to appeal a judge’s decision dismissing Plame’s lawsuit against Vice President Cheney and other current and former Bush administration officials. Plame claimed they leaked her covert CIA status in retribution for her husband’s public criticism of the administration. In 2003, Plame’s husband, former ambassador…
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vaccines go to court for links to autism
from new york times: Lawyers began arguments on Monday in the first of several test cases that may help decide whether the government should pay millions of dollars to parents of autistic children. Nearly 5,000 parents claim that vaccinations caused their children to become autistic, and many of their claims have been pending for five…
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senate committee passes habeas bill
from thinkprogress: “Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus, the sacrosanct Constitutional right to challenge government detention in court, by a vote of eleven to eight.” Watch this new ad by the Alliance for Justice on defending habeas: UPDATE: Reuters article is HERE. update: olbermann: habeas corpus to be…
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epa unaccountable for lies about 9/11 air
from newsday: An appeals court ruling could spell trouble for New Yorkers suing the Environmental Protection Agency and its former chief for saying that sooty lower Manhattan air was safe to breathe after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that then-EPA Administrator Christine…
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judge dismisses lawsuit against rumsfeld
from ap/yahoo: Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture in overseas military prisons, a federal judge said Tuesday in a case he described as “lamentable.” U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan threw out a lawsuit brought on behalf of nine former prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said Rumsfeld…
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group sues feds over medical marijuana claims
from ap/yahoo: Armed with a new study showing the drug can ease pain in some HIV patients, medical-marijuana advocates sued the federal government Wednesday over its claim that pot has no accepted medical uses. The lawsuit, filed in federal court by Americans for Safe Access, accuses the government of arbitrarily preventing “sick and dying persons…
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germany issues cia arrest orders
from bbc: Germany has ordered the arrest of 13 suspected CIA agents over the alleged kidnapping of one of its citizens. Munich prosecutors confirmed that the warrants were linked to the case of Khaled al-Masri, a German national of Lebanese descent. Mr Masri says he was seized in Macedonia, flown to a secret prison in…
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bush directive increases sway on regulation
from ap/nytimes: President Bush has signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy. In an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Mr. Bush said that each agency must…
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new mexico lawmakers call for impeachment
from ap: Two New Mexico lawmakers have introduced a measure calling on Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney. State Sens. John Grubesic of Santa Fe and Gerald Ortiz y Pino of Albuquerque, both Democrats, said the resolution is a serious effort to try to trigger impeachment proceedings. New Mexico, where lawmakers are…