Former US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer Thomas Tamm told Newsweek in an article published Sunday that he blew the whistle on the Bush administration's controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program because "it didn't smell...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan on Friday issued his first public apology for the crimes that resulted in his imprisonment. Ryan's apology comes in the wake of last week's arrest of current Governor...

The Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) is inefficient and ineffective, with detainees waiting months or years for trials that do not meet international fair trial standards, according to a report released Sunday by Human...

US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff on Sunday told the BBC that before closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , President-elect Barack Obama must have a plan for dealing with the...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in two cases. In Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez , the Court will consider whether a municipal tax that falls...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Friday filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court to have Governor Rod Blagojevich declared unfit and removed temporarily from...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday upheld the results of the country's disputed 2007 presidential election which was won by President Umaru Yar'Adua . The court dismissed the appeal brought by...

Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted former President Chen Shui-bian on charges of corruption. His wife Wu Shu-chen, his son and daughter-in-law, three former presidential aides, and eight other associates and family members were also...

Former NASDAQ stock market chairman Bernard Madoff was arrested Thursday by federal agents on charges of securities fraud. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Madoff and...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told CNN Thursday that she would go before the Illinois Supreme Court to have Governor Rod Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he did not...