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Congress backs hiding of detainee abuse photos
The long-fought battle to release images depicting the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. custody appears over after Congress… -
Congress again seeks to ban release of torture photos
Barring the release of photos depicting abuse of detainees in U.S. custody was again the subject of a legislative amendment… -
ACLU demands records of border searches of laptops
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol's controversial practice of randomly searching laptops upon U.S. entry quietly began last year but has quickly… -
Supreme Court officially asked to hear torture photos case
The Obama administration formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to overturn a lower court decision requiring the relase of the… -
Obama defends decisions on torture photos
President Obama said today in a speech on the Guantanamo Bay detainees and national security that he remains committed to… -
White House takes back promise to release torture photos
The White House said today it was reversing course on its decision to turn over 44 photos depicting alleged torture of… -
ACLU suit for torture memos prompts their release
After years of litigation under the Freedom of Information Act, four secret memos from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal… -
Court finds Patriot Act gag orders unconstitutional
The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York (2nd Cir.) this week struck down a portion of the Patriot Act… -
Abu Ghraib photos must finally be released
After nearly five years of fighting between the federal government and the American Civil Liberties Union over images of torture… -
Protesters can't get any closer to the RNC
A federal judge in Minnesota yesterday rejected protesters’ requests to get closer than 84 feet from the Republic National Convention,…