Bush administration says press may be prosecuted for publishing classified documents
The Bush administration has indicated that journalists can be prosecuted for receiving or publishing classified information under the United States Espionage Act . US Department of Justice lawyers made the assertion in a January...
Investigation into leak of domestic surveillance program expands
The criminal investigation into government leaks which led to the New York Times' disclosure of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program is expanding, as federal agents have increased the number of interviews of law...
FISC judges to be briefed on NSA warrantless eavesdropping tactics
The presiding judge of the 11-member Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) , the secret court charged with overseeing government espionage activities, has organized a classified briefing for panel members to allow administration representatives to report on the scope...
JURIST Guest Columnist Richard Edwards, Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK, says that the new Terrorism Bill presented to Parliament by the Blair government in the wake of the London bombings...
Federal court refuses to hear appeal of contempt finding against 4 reporters
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Thursday denied a petition for a new hearing brought by four journalists who were held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal...
Federal appeals court to rehear appeal of accused Cuban spies
A US federal appeals court has agreed to rehear the appeal of five accused Cuban spies , convicted of serving as unregistered agents of a foreign government and conspiracy to commit espionage. The decision to rehear the case...
The FBI has conducted secret surveillance of US citizens and legal residents for up to 18 months without notifying the Justice Department, according to documents released Monday by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) . EPIC made...
US military personnel detail Gitmo, Iraq detainee abuse in new book, meeting
Amid efforts to pass legislation that would impose restrictions on the detention and interrogation of terror suspects, more allegations have been made of detainee mistreatment at US facilities in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq. Army...
A Lusaka magistrate court has held that the Zambian Director of Public Prosecutions has sufficient evidence to proceed with a trial against Patriotic Front President Michael Sata on espionage charges. Sata's trial will be held before the...
Federal appeals court overturns convictions of five Cuban agents
A three-judge panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta overturned the convictions and sentences of five accused Cuban spies Tuesday, ruling that their trial in Miami was biased due...
