Senate report claims Russian officials involved in oil-for-food scam
A US Senate panel reported Monday that Saddam Hussein's government provided Russian officials with millions of dollars in oil rights under the oil-for-food program in a bid to lift UN sanctions against Iraq. The report by...
Released documents may implicate French, Russian officials in oil-for-food scandal
A subcommittee of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce has released new documents that could implicate French and Russian officials in the scandal involving the UN Oil-for-Food program. The documents suggest...
Report on French, UK politicians in UN oil-for-food scandal [US Senate Investigations Subcom.]
Report On Oil Allocations Granted To Charles Pasqua & George Galloway, Staff Report, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, May 12, 2005. Excerpt:This Report presents the evidence gathered by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee...
Federal officials with the US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement , part of the US Department of Homeland Security, announced Thursday that a federal grand jury had indicted two Washington DC law firms, two associated lawyers and...
Senate probe accuses UK, French politicians of taking oil-for-food kickbacks
The investigations subcommittee of the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee reported Thursday that British Member of Parliament George Galloway and French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua ...
States, rights groups concerned about burdens of Real ID Act
State officials and rights groups have voiced financial and privacy concerns over the Real ID Act , the controversial identity legislation passed last Thursday in the US House of Representatives as a rider on...
State courts group urges Congress to fund security improvements
The National Center for State Courts has asked Congress to earmark 1-3 percent of new homeland security grants to states for use in improving security at courthouses. The request comes in the wake of recent incidents...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, April 21.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today. It will begin an executive session at 10:30 AM ET to...
Muslim-Americans file lawsuit against DHS over border treatment
The Council on American-Islamic Relations , the New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security , saying DHS unlawfully...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, April 20.The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first, Merck...
