AFP-A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld a refusal to hear the case of a Lebanese-born German man who says he was tortured by the CIA, citing national security reasons. … [The Director of the ACLU said] ‘Regrettably, today’s decision allows CIA officials to disregard the law with impunity by making it virtually impossible…
<img style=’float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;’ src=”http://impeachforpeace.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/20070302__CD04DENVER3_200.jpg” “/ align=”right”/>By Bruce Finley Denver Post Staff Writer-An American Civil Liberties Union legal team is using a lawsuit to challenge the expulsion of these activists [from a public speech given by Bush], arguing in federal court that it violated their constitutional free-speech rights. The…
U.S. files charges against Australian, Associated Press March 1, 2007 The Bush administration has filed charges against David Hicks, an Australian citizen suspected of aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan and the first terrorism-war era detainee to be charged by the Pentagon under new rules for military commissions. The decision was made even though officials of…
By LAURIE KELLMAN, AP Writer Wed Feb 28 WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are moving to compel some of the eight U.S. attorneys who have been ousted to tell their stories publicly, under oath, after a federal prosecutor claimed he was fired for political reasons. The Senate Judiciary Committee this week will send letters to the…
