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Gitmo Defense Lawyers Under Investigation

By | 08.21.09 | 9:39 am

Peter Finn at The Washington Post reports this morning that the Justice Department is questioning military defense lawyers about whether they defended suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay too aggressively by showing them photos of CIA agents who might have been involved in abusive interrogations.  Justice Department investigators are More…

Bush-Era Rule Grants FBI Unprecedented Investigative Powers

By | 04.21.09 | 3:52 pm

Veterans groups and conservatives roared last week when news broke that the FBI was targeting veterans in a broad probe of extremist groups. But little noise was made in December, when the Bush administration quietly granted the FBI wide-ranging authority to investigate individuals or groups, regardless More…