Patriot Act gag order appeal ruling [US SC] News
Patriot Act gag order appeal ruling [US SC]

Doe v. Gonzales, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, October 7, 2005 [rejecting an emergency appeal filed by the ACLU on behalf of Connecticut libraries seeking to overturn a gag order that prevents a library involved in the litigation from revealing its name, and bars its librarians from testifying in upcoming congressional hearings on the Patriot Act]. Read the full text of the order here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.