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US convicts Afghan drug trafficker under narco-terrorism program
May 16, 2008
[JURIST] A jury in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] Thursday convicted [DOJ press release] an Afghan national originally held as an enemy combatant on charges of drug distribution and narco-terrorism. Khan Mohammed was charged [grand jury indictment, PDF] in.... [more] 
DOJ Blackwater probe focused on guards, not company: AP
May 11, 2008
[JURIST] Blackwater Worldwide [corporate website] is not likely to face criminal charges in connection with a September 16 shooting in Baghdad in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed, AP reported Saturday, citing a half-dozen individuals closely associated with a US Department of Justice probe..... [more]
Bismullah 'enemy combantant' status to be reviewed in light of 'new evidence'
May 9, 2008
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice indicated Thursday that the Pentagon will review the "enemy combatant" status of Afghan Guantanamo detainee and US federal court litigant Haji Bismullah [JURIST news archives] in light of what was referred to as "new evidence," according to SCOTUSblog. The.... [more]
Federal judge orders handover of CIA 'torture' memo
May 8, 2008
[JURIST] A US federal judge Thursday directed the CIA [order, PDF] to produce a 2002 US Department of Justice memo that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims authorized the CIA to use specific torture techniques - including waterboarding [JURIST news archive] - on US detainees held.... [more]
House panel votes to subpoena Cheney aide on DOJ interrogation memo
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] The US House Judiciary Committee [official website] Tuesday voted to issue a subpoena to compel Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff David Addington [US News profile] to testify about a recently released Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memorandum [text; JURIST report].... [more]
Record number of FISA warrants issued in 2007: DOJ
May 1, 2008
[JURIST] The number of surveillance and search warrants approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) [FJC backgrounder] increased again in 2007 to a record 2,370 warrants, according to a report [PDF text] released Wednesday by the US Department of Justice. The 2007 figure was up.... [more]
DOJ to share interrogation opinions with Congressional intelligence panels
May 1, 2008
[JURIST] The US Justice Department will share internal legal opinions authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics with members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John P. Elwood told a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on.... [more]
DOJ Criminal Division chief resigning
May 1, 2008
[JURIST] US Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher Wednesday announced her resignation [press release, PDF] effective May 23. Fisher served as the head of the DOJ's Criminal Division, which concentrated primarily on fraud and corruption cases under her tenure. AP has more. In 2005, US President.... [more]
Federal judge sets 2009 date for third trial in Sears Tower terror case
April 30, 2008
[JURIST] A federal judge Wednesday set January 6, 2009 for the third terrorism prosecution [JURIST report] of six men charged with conspiring [DOJ press release] to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI headquarters in Miami after two previous prosecutions ended in mistrials. Earlier this.... [more]
US House panel threatens to subpoena Ashcroft on DOJ interrogation memo
April 28, 2008
[JURIST] US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) [official website] Monday threatened to seek subpoenas [materials] to compel three current and former administration officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft [official profile], to testify about a recently.... [more]
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