Tag: law
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9/11 Updates: Feds, FOIA & My 4,000th Post
A federal judge in Manhattan who was criticized by families of victims of 9/11 for taking too long to decide motions in lawsuits they had filed has handed down a ruling dismissing claims made against many of the defendants.
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Obama/Bush Retains Right To Detain People With No Habeas Review
court denies habeas corpus rights from nytimes: A federal appeals court ruled Friday that three men who had been detained by the United States military for years without trial in Afghanistan had no recourse to American courts. The decision was a broad victory for the Obama administration in its efforts to hold terrorism suspects overseas…
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Judge Invalidates Human Gene Patent
A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellectual property.
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9/11 Updates: Threats, Crash, Catch & Release
Dead Osama says Americans will die if KSM is executed // Gate agent asks if Atta’s luggage has been loaded onto Flight 11 // NORAD confirmed Flight 93 crashed near Camp David
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biowars/envirohealth: babies, bayer & synthetic organisms
video: the government has your baby’s dna* mass vaccination planned in haiti, death toll continues way up* mumps outbreak spreads among people who got vaccinated against mumps bayer to pay $1.5m in 2nd lawsuit over gm rice* anthrax warnings for uk heroin users* pentagon plans to create immortal ‘synthetic organisms’* illinois earthquake downgraded to 3.8*…
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US drops plan for 9/11 trials in nyc
from nytimes: The Obama administration on Friday gave up on its plan to try the Sept. 11 plotters in Lower Manhattan, bowing to almost unanimous pressure from New York officials and business leaders to move the terrorism trial elsewhere. “I think I can acknowledge the obvious,” an administration official said. “We’re considering other options.” The…
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22 million missing bush white house emails found
from allgov: Six years after the problem was first discovered, computer experts have located 22 million emails that became lost during the Bush administration. The discovery followed lawsuits filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the National Security Archive, which demanded the government locate the emails. The electronic messages won’t be…
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police state int’l: crowd control, drills & behavior detection
don’t be alarmed by black helicopters over san fernando valley* pneumonic plague drill held in illinois*sound weapons for vancouver police* china conducts nuclear emergency exercise*india holds maritime drill to prevent another 11/26* flashback: coordinated carnage in mumbai; 145 dead*indian mall owners told to beef security arrangements*uk to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email & web…
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obamessiah & the apostles of war: year one, change zero
out w/the old & in w/ the old, the left/right charade goes on – on obama’s election anniversary, repugs claim victory* gop victories in 1st election test for obama* voters repudiate dems because dems sold out on financial reform* obama invites native american leaders to white house* gay leaders blame tv ads & obama for…
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murder/mayhem: balloon boy, bodies, lawyers & lies
body on los angeles balcony mistaken for halloween decoration*balloon boy case bursts open in US*dc mom convicted of murdering 4 daughters could walk free*pilot tried to save haber, controversial wolf biologist, after cessna crash in washington state*pagans gang member dies in wv jail*scotland aquarium worker bitten by shark*judge dreadful killer a hero: austrian dad kills…



