US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Friday provided additional written answers to questions submitted by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding his views of a variety of legal issues and reiterated statements made during his confirmation hearings that the Constitution protects a right to privacy. As he did during testimony before the Committee, [...]

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Defense lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , the former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney indicted last October in the CIA leak case , said Friday they plan to subpoena journalists and news organizations for additional documents, such as reporters' notes and records pertaining to the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's [...]

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In anticipation of US Senate Judiciary Committee hearings next month, Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a proposed Senate resolution Friday, criticizing the Bush administration's authorization of domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) . Presenting the administration's legal authorities for the NSA's interception of international communications with suspected terrorists [...]

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The US Department of Defense announced Friday that it has brought charges against a tenth Guantanamo Bay detainee. Abdul Zahir has been formally charged with conspiracy, aiding the enemy and attacking civilians, and is accused of working as a translator and money-man for former Taliban rulers in Afghanistan and with al Qaeda. The accusations also [...]

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A Chilean appeals court Friday stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity so he can face charges involving the torture of thousands of people at Villa Grimaldi , an infamous political detention center that was run by Pinochet’s secret police between 1974 and 1977. President-elect Michelle Bachelet and her mother were detained at Villa Grimaldi [...]

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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw denied Friday that he withheld any information from Parliament concerning Britain's involvement in secret CIA rendition flights and also said that there had not been any flights through Britain since the September 11 attacks. Straw's statement to legislators came in response to a leaked memo Thursday suggesting that there had [...]

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