Appeals court says Gitmo detainees can challenge force-feedingAttorneys for three foreign nationals being held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba are claiming a partial victory following a federal appeals court ruling announced Tuesday morning in Washington, DC.
The Justice Department used this law to pursue Aaron Swartz. Now it’s open to reforming it.Ever since federal prosecutors used a controversial anti-hacking law to go after Internet activist Aaron Swartz, civil liberties advocates have been pressing for Congress to narrow the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Now, the Justice Department has signaled its openness to such a move.
Judge sides with US servicemen used as guinea pigs in terrifying Cold War experimentA federal judge has ruled the United States Army must quickly inform veterans of any potentially harmful health effects stemming from the secret medical and drug experiments conducted on them during the Cold War. According to a report by Courthouse News wire service, the ruling comes in favor of 7,800 soldiers claiming to have been involved in the experiments.
No due process for people on no-fly list, judge saysRahinah Ibrahim New details made public this week in the case of a Muslim scholar banned from traveling to the United States reveal that a federal agent in the US single-handedly made a “monumental error” that sparked a nearly decade-long legal fight.
Arizona first US state to attempt legal resistance to NSA surveillanceArizona’s state senate panel approved a bill withdrawing state support for intelligence agencies’ collection of metadata and banning the use of warrantless data in courts. The panel becomes the first legislative body in US to try and thwart NSA spying.
Actually TIME, This Is What The ‘Mindful Revolution’ Really Looks LikePosted: Print Article 2014 has been called the “year of mindful living,” and talk of a mindful revolution seems to be everywhere from Davos to Silicon Valley. Most recently, mindfulness was the subject of a controversial cover of TIME Magazine.
Mindfulness Lowers Pain, Drug MisuseWith nearly one-third of Americans suffering from chronic pain, prescription opioid painkillers have become the leading form of treatment for this debili
The Global Economic Crisis, The Great Depression of the XXI Century.The Global Economic Crisis, The Great Depression of the XXI Century. Preface The following text is an excerpt of the Preface of The Global Economic Crisis. The Great Depression of the XXI Century , Montreal, Global Research, 2010.
Dept of Justice official admits NSA ‘probably’ spying on members of CongressThe US National Security Agency likely collects intelligence on congressional lawmakers and members of their staff, a Justice Department official admitted at a committee hearing on Tuesday. Deputy Attorney General James Cole of the US Department of Justice testified during a House Judiciary Committee hearing which was examining proposals to reform the NSA surveillance policies that have been revealed in an ongoing series of disclosures since June.
Kids For Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice ScandalsToday a special on “kids for cash,” the shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities.
Political Corruption and CapitalismCorruption is endemic to the capitalist system and has not been successfully regulated away. Perhaps a system change is warranted? Nearly daily, mass media report political corruption across the world. Government bureaucrats, from local to national to international, are exposed for having abused their offices for personal gain.
More Mindfulness, Less MeditationEric Michael Johnson for The New York Times Here’s the promise: Meditation – and mindfulness meditation, in particular – will reduce your cortisol level, blood pressure, social anxiety and depression. It will increase your immune response, resilience and focus and improve your relationships – including with yourself.
Fate of Lavabit appeal has ‘Wide-ranging implications’ for the internetAFP Photo / Mehdi Fedouach Lawyers for Lavabit, a recently-shuttered email service once used by Edward Snowden, told a federal appeals court this week that the government had no reason to request from the company a code that could unlock the encrypted messages of its 410,000 users.
David Simon on America as a Horror ShowBILL MOYERS: Welcome. President Obama’s State of the Union address and the rebuttals from the Republican Greek chorus already have been extensively vetted by the media. So as we say here in New York, enough already.
U.S. Wants To Add $1.23 Billion To Bank Of America’s Tab For Countrywide ScamBack in October, a federal jury found Bank of America liable for a Countrywide Financial program that deliberately sold piles of worthless loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the housing bubble went kaflooey. At the time, prosecutors had only sought $864 million in penalties, but now the Justice Dept.
US announces early release plan for nonviolent, low-level drug offendersAndrew Burton / Getty Images / AFP The Obama administration announced Thursday a new clemency effort that encourages defense lawyers to refer to the Department of Justice low-level, nonviolent drug offenders for early release from federal prisons. Speaking before the New York State Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section, Deputy Attorney General James M.
Justice Dept. says Bank of America should be fined $2.1 billion for mortgage fraudReuters/Mike Blake The United States government is now seeking $2.1 billion in fines from Bank of America for selling fraudulent loans that precipitated the Great Recession, more than double the amount it initially sought last year.
Court prohibits vocal fracking critic from entering 40% of Pennsylvania countyAn anti-fracking activist has been barred from entering over 300 sq miles of an area of Pennsylvania that includes a county hospital, a drug store, supermarket, and a number of other locations she regularly visited before clashing with local officials.