Federal court decides Hutaree militia members won’t go to trial until 2012

Members of the Hutaree Militia won’t be going to trial until February.

News From New York on Rangel Ethics Case

Now that Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is home for recess, the local papers continue to further the story on his ethics probe in Washington. First, on Saturday, Rangel told Harlem leaders that he had signed a plea deal on ethics charges, but the GOP pushed for a trial nonetheless:

Dems Push Rangel to Make a Deal

Fed up by months of foot dragging on the part of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), a subcommittee of the House ethics panel is preparing to go public on Thursday with details of its charges against the 40-year veteran of congress — unless House Democratic leaders can persuade him to make More…

‘Urban Myth’ Behind Graham’s Support for 9/11 Military Trials

Lindsey Graham is on the verge of winning an argument. Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina, has pledged for weeks to deliver the votes from his fellow Republicans to finally close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, a campaign pledge from President Obama, if and only if Obama agrees More…

Gen. Eaton: KSM ‘Is a Murderer, Not a Combatant’

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who helped command the training of the Iraqi Army during the early phase of the Iraq war, is distressed to hear that More…

Judge Rules Torture Details Irrelevant to Detainee’s Mental Health

A military commission judge has ruled that the types of abusive techniques U.S. interrogators used on a suspected 9-11 conspirator are irrelevant to determining his competence to stand trial, the Miami Herald reports.

Ramzi bin al Shibh is one of five men charged by the U.S. military commission More…

Group Fighting Terrorism Trials in Virginia Tied to GOP Firm

As a substantial portion of about 250 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay’s prison facility prepare to face trial in the United States, the alarm that has defined the Washington debate over civilian trials for terrorism detainees has spilled across the Potomac River. A new organization has formed in Alexandria, More…

Fort Dix Five Sentenced to Life in Prison

Three immigrant brothers were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for their roles in a murky plot to kill military personnel, maybe at the Fort Dix army post in New Jersey.

If that sounds a little vague, that’s because it is: as I wrote when the brothers were More…

Bush Administration Urges Admission of Teen’s Tortured Confession

The Bush administration is set to argue to the military commissions appeals court in Washington Tuesday that a confession obtained from a teenager under torture in Afghanistan should still be admissible against him at his trial.

Terrorism Cases Hinge on Paid Informants

The trouble started for Mohamad Shnewer and his old high school buddies from Cherry Hill, NJ in a Circuit City store in Mount Laurel in January 2006. When a store clerk saw the videotape that a customer wanted transferred to DVD –- showing men shooting assault weapons into the woods More…