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submitted by chiasma 33 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
A top al-Qaida suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said Wednesday, a major step in President Barack Obama's plan to close the detention center by early next year. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the... More
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submitted by rodeox 33 months ago, from nytimes.com
President Obama’s decisions this week to retain important elements of the Bush-era system for trying terrorism suspects and to block the release of pictures showing abuse of American-held prisoners abroad are the most graphic examples yet of how he has backtracked, in substantial if often nuanced... More
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submitted by agabriel 33 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
US President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Friday that he is reviving military trials for some of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. But legal rights for defendants facing the military commissions will be significantly improved, officials said. More
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submitted by chiasma 33 months ago, from latimes.com
In a strikingly defensive explanation of his stance on Bush-era anti-terrorism tactics, President Obama on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that the harsh interrogation techniques he has banned might have yielded useful information, but that he was nonetheless willing to rule them out on... More
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submitted by eooties 34 months ago, from nytimes.com
The program began with Central Intelligence Agency leaders in the grip of an alluring idea: They could get tough in terrorist interrogations without risking legal trouble by adopting a set of methods used on Americans during military training. How could that be torture? More
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submitted by grandie4 34 months ago, from latimes.com
The U.S. and Cuba built sudden momentum Friday toward easing half a century of hostility as President Obama met Havana's willingness to discuss sensitive topics, including human rights, with a declaration that he was ready for a "new beginning" in relations. More
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submitted by trippie48 34 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
US President Barack Obama says CIA agents who used harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects during the Bush era will not be prosecuted. Mr Obama banned the use of methods such as sleep deprivation and simulated drowning in his first week in office. More
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submitted by trippie48 34 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
The CIA no longer operates any secret overseas prisons, Director Leon Panetta said yesterday, and has not detained anyone since he became chief in February. Panetta's statement, contained in a message to the CIA workforce, also said the agency will no longer use contractors to conduct... More
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submitted by riverdrops 35 months ago, from nytimes.com
Spurred by rising public anger, federal and state investigators are preparing for a surge of prosecutions of financial fraud. Across the country, attorneys general have already begun indicting dozens of loan processors, mortgage brokers and bank officers. Last week alone, there were guilty pleas... More
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submitted by riverdrops 36 months ago, from nytimes.com
The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Robert Allen Stanford, the chief of the Stanford Financial Group, on Tuesday of conducting “a massive ongoing fraud” in the sale of about $8 billion of high-yielding certificates of deposit held in the firm’s bank in Antigua. Also named in the suit... More
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submitted by trippie48 36 months ago, from abcnews.go.com
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said the government should look into creating a "truth commission" to investigate the Bush administration's Department of Justice. More
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submitted by grandie4 37 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
A U.S. military judge Wednesday suspended the trial of five detainees accused of involvement in plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, acceding to a request from military prosecutors in accordance with a directive from the new Obama administration late Tuesday. More
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submitted by riverdrops 38 months ago, from chicagotribune.com
His political career in tatters and Illinois government in limbo, a defiant and unapologetic Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday he is innocent of the federal corruption charges leveled against him, will fight to clear his name and won't resign. "I am here to tell you right off the bat that I am not... More
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submitted by animaniac 38 months ago, from nytimes.com
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday morning on corruption charges, including an allegation that he conspired to effectively sell President-elect Barack Obama’s seat in the United States Senate to the highest bidder. More
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submitted by animaniac 39 months ago, from ap.google.com
President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. More
