Category Archives: Legal

White House social secretary to step down

By doris | Published: February 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, plans to step down, the Obama administration announced Friday. Her office came under scrutiny after a couple who lacked an invitation were allowed into President Obama’s first state dinner. “We are enormously grateful to Desiree Rogers for the terrific job she’s [...]

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High expectations? States eye marijuana reform

By doris | Published: December 28, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com OLYMPIA, Washington – Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the herb. “In terms of state legislatures, this is far and away [...]

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Obama administration moves to stop release of classified information

By doris | Published: November 2, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration invoked the state secrets privilege on Friday in a lawsuit pertaining to government eavesdropping intended to intercept terrorist communications, and one privacy advocacy group called the decision “incredibly disappointing.” Attorney General Eric Holder issued a statement saying the government was making the move “to protect [...]

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Papers detail FBI, CIA struggle over detainees

By doris | Published: October 31, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA over how to treat high-value prisoners. Details of the interrogation were contained in documents released late Friday as part of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits brought by [...]

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Pardon for black boxer jailed for interracial dating waits on Obama

By doris | Published: October 20, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The House of Representatives on July 29 unanimously passed a resolution urging Obama to grant a pardon; the Senate passed a similar measure by a voice vote on June 24. The push for a rare posthumous pardon has been spearheaded for years by Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Rep. Peter King, [...]

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Could George W. Bush end up behind bars?

By doris | Published: September 5, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com It’s extremely unlikely, but the Obama administration is taking its first steps along a path that could lead in that direction, with the investigation of Central Intelligence Agency interrogators involved in the war on terror. “You don’t know where these things are going to end up,” former CIA agent Peter Brookes [...]

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Ailing Kennedy wants replacement law changed

By doris | Published: August 21, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Under a 2004 Massachusetts law, a special election must be held 145 to 160 days after a Senate seat becomes vacant. The winner of that election would serve the remainder of a senator’s unexpired term. Kennedy, a Democratic senator who has represented Massachusetts for nearly 47 years, was re-elected in November [...]

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Analysis: Climate bill may spur energy revolution

By doris | Published: June 28, 2009

Full Story At News.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead. It was late Friday when the House passed legislation that would, for the first time, require limits on pollution blamed for global [...]

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Judge: Terrorist can sue over torture memos

By doris | Published: June 14, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms. The order by U.S. District Judge [...]

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Is Housing Gitmo Detainees In U.S. Prisons A Problem For You?

By doris | Published: May 25, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: President Obama says some terror suspects from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility will be sent to U.S. prisons. Despite opposition from Congress, the president is moving forward with his plan to close Gitmo by next January. He insists that he won’t authorize freeing any detainees who would [...]

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CIA denies Cheney request on interrogations

By doris | Published: May 16, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com In a written statement, CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said the two documents Cheney requested are the subject of two pending lawsuits seeking the release of documents related to the interrogation program and cannot be declassified. “This request was handled in accordance with normal practice by CIA professionals with long experience in [...]

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Whaling education spared budget harpoon

By doris | Published: May 8, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Is President Barack Obama afraid of facing down Moby Dick? In his budget proposal for 2010, Obama seeks several education cuts but spares a $9 million program to promote the history of whaling and trade in Massachusetts, which Captain Ahab departed from in search of the great white whale [...]

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