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Investigating Bush's Crimes »
Posted by: hyperbola 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
It's not that Obama and his senior advisers see the accountability issue as inherently unimportant--on the contrary, they readily admit that it may be ...
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Financial Fraud Is Focus of Attack by Prosecutors »
Posted by: suzanek 10 months ago in News
Spurred by rising public anger, federal and state investigators are preparing for a surge of prosecutions of financial fraud.
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Pot advocates: Looser guidelines leave questions »
Posted by: Progressive 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from ...
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No Prosecution for"Waterboarding"Legally and Morally Reprehensible »
Posted by: bruhaha 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
President Obama's statement reported this afternoon by the New York Times that his administration would not be prosecuting CIA operatives responsible for "waterboarding" prisoners ...
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Support The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act »
Posted by: populist 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
It is time that we allowed our unique federalist system to work the way it was intended. Patients and their state representatives should have the ...
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Being Serious About Torture...Or Not »
Posted by: hyperbola 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
In Cambodia they're once again endeavoring to hold trials to bring some former senior Khmer Rouge officials to justice for their 1975-79 war crimes ...
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Obama Orders Gitmo Prosecutors to Seek Freeze in All Pending Cases »
Posted by: Neophile 11 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Hours after taking office on Tuesday, President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in ...
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Justices to review Patriot Act provision - CNN.com »
Posted by: calitennflo 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The Supreme Court has agreed to review a civil liberties dispute over the government's power to criminalize "support" of a terrorist organization.
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Obama 'accessory' to war crimes if no prosecution »
Posted by: hyperbola 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
A few weeks ago, George Washington University Constitutional Law professor Jonathan Turley, while appearing on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, essentially said that the ...
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All L.A. County medical pot dispensaries face prosecution, district attorney says | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times »
Posted by: calitennflo 3 months ago in Political News
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said today that all the medical marijuana dispensaries in the county are operating illegally, and that "they are ...
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Gonzales evades criminal prosecution for misleading Congress on NSA spying »
Posted by: ameliog 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
Although Gonzales remains under investigation by the Justice Department for two other matters, it had been allegations that he gave false or purposely misleading testimony ...
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Craigslist Demands an Apology from SC AG »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Despite Craigslist's move to delete the "erotic services" section of its site, on Saturday the South Carolina Attorney General stated that he was going ...
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Another Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.s »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 week, 3 days ago in Political News
Sexual harassment and sexual assault, which the military now defines broadly to include not only rape but also crimes like groping and stalking, continue to ...
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Poll: Americans want Bush prosecuted »
Posted by: hyperbola 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
A majority of Americans say George Bush should face trial for his misdeeds, as US lawmakers are moving to probe into a raft of his ...
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Gonzales blocked prosecution of Democrat who helped keep lid on wiretapping story »
Posted by: rumple4skin 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
A powerful California congresswoman who at one time appeared likely to chair the House Intelligence Committee was allegedly caught by an NSA wiretap in 2005 ...
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