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Democrats propose rules for Justice Dept. monitors
Associated Press WriterDemocratic lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday proposed legislation that would regulate how the Justice Department awards contracts for independent monitors hired to oversee white-collar crime settlements. The Democratic House members said they...Tags: Values, Indiana, Contracts, Corporate Crime, Fraud
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Ashcroft faults '02-'03 torture memos
Associated PressFormer Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday that "it was not a hard decision" to withdraw Justice Department legal opinions that approved the use of harsh interrogation methods that critics say amount to torture. Ashcroft, testifying in front of...Tags: National Government, Abusive Behavior, Lawyers, Terrorism, Upper House
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Court rules for New York Times in anthrax libel case
Associated Press WriterA former Army scientist who sued The New York Times for libel is a public figure who failed to prove that columns linking him to the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks were malicious, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S....Tags: News Media, Local Authority, Diseases, Armed Forces, New York
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Ashcroft disavows waterboard reasoning
The Associated PressFormer Attorney General John Ashcroft disavowed on Thursday the now-defunct legal reasoning used to justify harshly questioning terrorism suspects. At the same time, he vigorously defended White House officials who pressured him while he was...Tags: The White House, Lawyers, Parliament, Upper House, Justice System
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John Ashcroft disavows waterboarding memos
From the Associated PressFormer Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft on Thursday disavowed the legal reasoning once used to justify coercive interrogations of terrorism suspects, but defended White House officials who pressured him while he was hospitalized four years ago to approve...Tags: Elton Gallegly, National Government, Abusive Behavior, Zoe Lofgren, Lawyers
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Court rules for New York Times in libel case
A federal appeals court has ruled against a former Army scientist who sued The New York Times over columns linking him to the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that Steven Hatfill was a...Tags: New York Times, Justice System, Court Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Appeals court rules against Hatfill
RICHMOND, Va. A federal appeals court has ruled against a former Army scientist who sued The New York Times over columns linking him to deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said yesterday that Steven...Tags: New York Times, Local Authority, Armed Forces, Defense, Court Administration
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Letters to the editor
Fuel for pessimism Re "What if oil hits $200?" June 28 The Times' front-page article is a first step in helping the public talk about $200 a barrel oil. The second step is for the media and the public to say the words "when oil hits $200 a barrel." Oil...Tags: Prices, Pat Murphy, Disasters, Energy, Distilling and Brewing Industry
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Hatfill gets his day
Steven J. Hatfill will forever be linked to his outing as a "person of interest" in the post-9/11 deadly anthrax scare. But he can rightly now claim he took on the U.S. government, its lawyers and the FBI for ruining his reputation - and won. The former...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Defense, Armed Forces, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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NY court upholds Vermont death penalty verdict
Associated Press WriterA federal appeals court in Manhattan has upheld the death sentence for Donald Fell, who killed a Vermont supermarket worker as she prayed for her life. Fell, now on death row in Terre Haute, Ind. after his 2005 conviction for carjacking and kidnapping,...Tags: Indiana, Local Authority, Lawyers, New York, Manhattan
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