Suspected 9/11 mastermind’s defense wants prosecution to step down, alleges destroyed evidence

Suspected 9/11 mastermind’s defense wants prosecution to step down, alleges destroyed evidenceSuspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s defense team is calling for the entire prosecution at Guantanamo Bay to relieve themselves of their duties after suspicions arose that they secretly destroyed evidence in the long-running case.

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US state laws for driving on marijuana are unscientific

US state laws for driving on marijuana are unscientific – AAA studyUS laws governing driving under the influence of marijuana are unscientific, research reveals. Legal blood limits are not an adequate way of testing for impairment, and this technique may lead to the wrong drivers being prosecuted, the AAA says. The science has been clear on alcohol – the more of it in your bloodstream, the worse off you are.

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How Much Liberty Do Americans Have Left?

How Much Liberty Do Americans Have Left?It is hard to read the Second Amendment and not honestly conclude that the Framers intended gun ownership to be an individual right. It is true that the amendment begins with a reference to militias: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

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New Jersey state troopers arrest woman for remaining silent during traffic stop

New Jersey state troopers arrest woman for remaining silent during traffic stopNew Jersey state troopers arrested a woman on an obstruction charge after she refused to answer questions during a routine traffic stop, dashcam footage shows. Now the woman is suing the troopers, arguing that they violated her civil rights. The arrest of Rebecca Musarra, an attorney from Philadelphia, took place on the Pennsylvania border.

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Seven Major Banks Pay Chump Change to Settle Lawsuit Over Lucrative Scheme

Seven Major Banks Pay Chump Change to Settle Lawsuit Over Lucrative Scheme | VICE NewsSeven of the world’s biggest banks have agreed to pay $324 million to settle a private US lawsuit accusing them of rigging an interest rate benchmark used in the $553 trillion derivatives market. The settlement made public on Tuesday, which requires court approval, resolves antitrust claims against Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Royal Bank of Scotland.

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Bank of America Corp Settles Fraudulent Mortgage-Backed Securities Lending Charges

Bank of America Settles Fraudulent Mortgage-Backed Securities Lending ChargesBank of America Corp. ( NYSE:BAC) has agreed to settle the charges over the sale of mortgage-backed securities prior to the financial crisis of 2008. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle filed the lawsuit in 2009. The lender reached a settlement worth $190 million, according to the filing cited by Bloomberg.

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Yahoo’s $8 Billion Black Hole

Yahoo’s $8 Billion Black HoleThe headquarters of in Sunnyvale, California, encompasses roughly 1 million square feet of waterfront office space, with floor-to-ceiling windows and views of San Francisco Bay. Yahoo owns the campus, as well as a 50-acre plot of land in Santa Clara that was once seen as a possible location for an expanded headquarters but which now contains a parking lot for the San Francisco 49ers.

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Treasury Dept. financial crimes director to join HSBC despite Mexican drug money taint

Treasury Dept. financial crimes director to join HSBC despite Mexican drug money taint – reportThe Treasury Department’s top anti-money laundering official is reportedly taking a top seat at HSBC, a bank struggling to cope with a record $1.9 billion settlement with the US government in a case involving a Mexican drug cartel and financial fraud.

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OK police seize $53k of funds for Thai orphanage

‘Highway robbery’: OK police seize $53k of funds for Thai orphanageAfter being accused of “highway robbery” for seizing over $53,000 from a Christian rock band fundraising for a Christian school in Burma and an orphanage in Thailand, police in Oklahoma have been forced to backtrack on felony charges they had initiated against the man safeguarding the money.

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Victims of brutal CIA interrogation win landmark ruling to sue black site psychologists

Victims of brutal CIA interrogation win landmark ruling to sue black site psychologistsA court ruling will allow CIA torture victims to sue two psychologists who designed and operated the agency’s brutal interrogation program. US District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush ruled Friday that Tanzanian Suleiman Abdullah Salim, Libyan Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud, and the family of deceased Afghani Gul Rahman have the right to hold individuals accountable for the CIA program that led to their abuse.

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CIA torture psychologists face court hearing over ‘war crimes’ by black site detainees

CIA torture psychologists face court hearing over ‘war crimes’ by black site detaineesFormer detainees tortured by the CIA at the agency’s notorious black sites are suing the psychologists hired to help design the controversial enhanced interrogation program, accusing them of enabling “war crimes” and “human experimentation.” The psychologists, James Elmer Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen, will appear in federal court in Spokane, Washington on Friday.

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