States brief ~ 8th Circuit says ND can't use state law to challenge river management
Leading Tuesday's states brief, the US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled today that North Dakota may not use federal water pollution laws to challenge the Army Corps of Engineers' management of the...
By voice vote late Friday the US Senate unanimously approved a bill that would permanently extend most provisions of the USA Patriot Act while limiting it in the most controversial areas. The Senate legislation puts a four-year cap...
Plame leak prosecutors interview wide range of administration officials
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that a far wider range of White House officials than originally known have been interviewed by prosecutors investigating the Valerie Plame leak. The probe has questioned former CIA director George J. Tenet...
House to consider legislation to target leakers of classified information
US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) , speaking before the conservative Heritage Foundation on Monday, called for a "comprehensive law" to punish those who leak sensitive government...
The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to extend the Patriot Act , a key document used to combat terrorism in the US. The measure was approved 257-171 with 43 Democrats joining 214 Republicans in...
Justice Department criticizes proposed federal shield law for reporters
A federal shield law for reporters introduced by Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Rep. Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) was called "bad public policy" by US Deputy Attorney General James Comey in written remarks submitted at...
TIME reporter says Cheney chief of staff contributed to Plame leak
TIME magazine reporter Matthew Cooper said Sunday in an article he has written on his grand jury testimony that Dick Cheney's chief of staff Lewis Libby contributed information to the story revealing the identity of Valerie...
A legal professional speaking on condition of anonymity has told the Associated Press that chief presidential adviser Karl Rove testified to a grand jury that he learned the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame from...
JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Ellen O'Connell of Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, says that when it comes to fighting terrorism, the experienced British, newly challenged in the recent London bombings, have the right idea... The British have shown...
While amended measures to extend the Patriot Act were approved Wednesday by the House Intelligence Committee and the House Judiciary Committee , Senators introduced their own bipartisan bill setting restrictions and time limits. SB 1389, introduced...
