Court ruling keeps federal mugshots secret
The federal government is under no obligation to release mugshots of accused criminals under the Freedom of Information Act, even though many states and localities routinely make such booking photos public, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The...
Justice Department retreats in foreign bribery sting case
After a series of courtroom setbacks, the Justice Department has given up on further prosecution in a foreign-bribery sting targeting military and security contractors.
The case, formally dropped Tuesday at the government's request, was a hig...
Bill Keller v. Jack Goldsmith on the war on leaks
Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has a column in today's edition of the paper he used to edit arguing that the much-ballyhooed spill of U.S. military and diplomatic secrets to Wikileaks has not ushered in a new era of transparency...
Supreme Court blocks Montana campaign finance ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a Montana Supeme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of that state's ban on independent expenditures by corporations in state and local political campaigns.
In a unanimous order issued late Friday aftern...
NYT reporter James Risen asks court to protect sources
Lawyers for New York Times reporter James Risen asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to uphold a lower court's rulings that federal prosecutors should not be able to question him about most details of his confidential sources for a 2006 book th...
W.H.: Pass the payroll tax cut–and nobody gets hurt
President Barack Obama's drive to renew the payroll tax cut took on a desperate air Tuesday, just as he appeared to be on the verge of winning the argument.
A blog post on the White House web site said, in essence, that a Texas girl will...
Senate panel votes, 11-7, to open Supreme Court to cameras
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted, 11-7, Thursday morning for legislation that would open Supreme Court arguments to television coverage.
The vote was largely along party lines. The only Democrat to oppose the measure was Sen. Dianne Feinstein of C...
Wikileaks’ suspect Bradley Manning’s arraignment set for Feb. 23
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables and military reports to WikiLeaks, will be arraigned before a military judge on Feb. 23, the military said Thursday.
Manning i...
Ex-CIA officer may be exploring guilty plea in leak case
A former CIA officer charged last month with leaking the identities of other CIA officers involved in the interrogation of terrorism suspects may be exploring the possibility of entering a guilty plea in the case, court records suggest.
John Kiriakou,...
Split verdict in China-linked case
A federal judge in Chicago has convicted a Chinese-born naturalized American of three counts of stealing trade secrets, but acquitted her on three more serious charges of economic espionage on behalf of China's government and military, the Jus...
Second South Park threats suspect to plead guilty
A second man alleged to have made illegal threats against "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone has agreed to plead guilty, according to a defense lawyer.
Jesse Morton, also known as Younus Abdullah Mohammad, was detained in ...
Judge won’t withhold Ted Stevens case report
A federal judge has rejected requests from four prosecutors to keep secret a 500-page report into alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the case against the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).
In an opinion issued Wednesday morning, U.S. Di...
