Riggs National Bank has agreed to settle a Spanish lawsuit . Spanish courts and the US Justice Department...
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Attorneys seek release of alleged Bush assassination plotter
Attorneys for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali claim that he should be released from jail pending trial on charges that he plotted to assassinate President Bush and aided the Al-Qaeda terror network because Abu Ali lacks a criminal record and...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Man charged with plotting to assassinate President Bush
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a former high school valedictorian in Virginia, has been charged with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and with supporting al-Qaida. Abu Ali made an initial appearance in federal district court Tuesday to face charges. The...
Saudi Arabian men went to the polls Thursday to vote in municipal elections around the country, marking the first elections ever held by the country. The election was for 127 local government seats around the country in the first...
World delegates endorse Saudi proposal for international anti-terror center
Delegates from 50 countries, including terrorism-affected countries such as Syria and Iran, endorsed a Saudi proposal for an international counter-terrorism center Tuesday, although details regarding its location, funding, and role remain unclear. A draft declaration from the Counter-Terrorism International...
Dismissal of Saudi Arabia as defendant in 9/11 litigation [US DC]
In re: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Robert Casey, January 18, 2005 [dismissing Saudi Arabia, its defense minister and its ambassador to the UK as defendants in...
Federal judge dismisses Saudi Arabia as defendant in 9/11 litigation
US District Judge Richard Casey has dismissed Saudi Arabia, its defense minister and its ambassador to the UK as defendants in the litigation stemming from September 11th terrorist attacks, ruling that all have immunity from litigation. Judge Casey is...
Russia "not free", concludes US rights group in annual report
US-based rights monitoring group Freedom House said Monday in its annual report on human rights conditions in countries around the world that Russia had dropped into the category of "not free" in the wake of various authoritarian moves this...
Judge rules US detainee in Saudi Arabia may be under federal jurisdiction
DC District Judge John Bates Thursday ruled that a US citizen detained in Saudi Arabia at the apparent request of the US government may have the right to challenge his detention in American courts, rejecting the government's argument...
Balkin [Yale]: Attorney General Denounces Rule of Law As Aid To Terrorism
Jack Balkin, Yale Law School:"From Newsday:Departing Attorney General John Ashcroft on Friday lashed out at federal judges who have dealt setbacks to President George W. Bush's anti-terrorism and wartime policies, accusing them of "invasive oversight and micromanagement.""The danger I see...