When a postal worker in Washington, D.C., had to serve on a jury in an extended federal trial, the government paid him his usual salary. But there were days that…
A federal appeals court alluded to Alice in Wonderland when it ruled today that the EPA violated federal law by adopting rules allowing some power plants to exceed caps on…
The Justice Department plans to file an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of a ruling requiring the government to supply more information about its designation of…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the Bush administration to issue a written report explaining why videotapes of harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects were destroyed.
An administration study shows one or more White House offices failed to archive e-mail messages on 473 separate days, according to a summary released by the chairman of the House…
Last week, a federal magistrate gave White House officials a five-day deadline to answer a question at the center of two consolidated lawsuits: Had they, or had they not, retained…
A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by four British detainees who contended they were tortured and their religious beliefs denigrated while at Guantanamo Bay.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., says a Justice Department investigation into the destruction of two CIA interrogation videotapes should be sufficient, and there is no…
A federal magistrate has given the White House a five-day deadline to disclose whether it has stored copies of at least 5 million missing e-mails on backup tapes.
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing (PDF) Friday to consider whether the CIA violated a court order barring the destruction of evidence by destroying two…
Lawyers for 11 Yemeni detainees yesterday asked a federal judge to begin a formal inquiry into whether the CIA violated a preservation order when it destroyed two videotapes of interrogations…
An amended lawsuit filed Monday claims guards employed by Blackwater Worldwide ignored orders to stay in a secure area the day they shot and killed 17 Iraqis.
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