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CIA Director Michael Hayden sent a memo to CIA employees Thursday saying that the agency videotaped the interrogations of two terror suspects in 2002, but that the tapes were destroyed in 2005 amid concerns that they could...

The US federal judge who presided over the Zacarias Moussaoui terrorism conspiracy case suggested from the bench Tuesday that she might order a new trial for a Muslim cleric convicted of soliciting treason, saying that she...

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has admitted that it has several recorded interrogations of suspected "enemy combatants," contrary to previous assertions. According to a letter released Tuesday, the agency mistakenly denied in court declarations...

French lawyer Francois Roux was sworn in Wednesday to defend former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Khek lev , also known as Duch, in his trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ....

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a Virginia federal court judge lacked the necessary power to order the federal government to turn over grand jury transcripts of the Zacarias Moussaoui [JURIST...

Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq , who was found guilty of assisting the Sept. 11 attacks on the US, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court [official website,...

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday on whether unintroduced non-sensitive evidence from the criminal trial of Zacarias Moussaoui should be turned over to families of 9/11 victims...

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the overall theme of the "compromise" military commissions bill seems to be the highly-problematic creation of a unique legal regime for a specific group of...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, one of the lead attorneys on the Center for Constitutional Rights' challenge to the NSA domestic surveillance program, says that Senator Arlen Specter's "compromise" bill to bring such challenges within the jurisdiction of the...

Brian J. Foley : "The Supreme Court has finally spoken on the military commissions, after four-and-one-half years. Now it's time for Congress to step up - as it should have four-and-one-half years ago, when the Administration...