The government’s “state secrets” argument was back in full force yesterday, this time being made by the Justice Department before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in the ongoing case against Jeppesen Dataplan, a Boeing subsidiary. Jeppesen is accused by five alleged victims More…
Praising an Italian court’s recent ruling that CIA agents broke the law in an extraordinary rendition case, The New York Times today highlights a growing phenomenon that hasn’t received sufficient attention: European courts appear more willing than their American counterparts to enforce the laws protecting basic human and More…
At today’s House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on military commissions, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), apparently under the impression that a debate about the proper legal process for detainees can be shut down by asserting that some detainees are dangerous people, made a number of statements about Binyam Mohammed, who was More…
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