Nov 21st, 2008 · A federal judge in Washington has ordered the Bush administration to release five detainees from the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The men have been held there for seven years on evidence the judge finds insufficient. The ruling is the first by a trial judge since the Supreme Court declared in June that the Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their detentions in U.S. courts.
Nov 14th, 2008 · The trial of five men accused of plotting to attack the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey may hinge on the testimony of a government informant: Mahmoud Omar, an Egyptian national with a checkered past. But defense attorneys say there was no conspiracy, except for the one Omar tried to create.
Nov 13th, 2008 · Nearly a thousand Saudi men are set to stand trial on charges of belonging to al-Qaida. The men are accused of involvement in a string of terrorist attacks in the kingdom earlier this decade.
Oct 28th, 2008 · Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted Monday of all counts in his corruption trial. What does that mean for his political future?
Oct 28th, 2008 · Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been found guilty on all counts in his corruption trial. He is facing re-election next week and what had been a solid lead in the polls has now narrowed considerably.
Oct 27th, 2008 · A jury has found Republican Sen. Ted Stevens guilty of lying about gifts from an oil company in Alaska. Alaska Public Radio's Libby Casey, who's just outside the courtroom, discusses the verdict.
Oct 25th, 2008 · French writer and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy challenges American notions of the left in his new book, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism."
Oct 20th, 2008 · The jury has heard the cases of federal prosecutors and defense attorneys in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska. The Republican is charged with seven counts of failing to report a quarter of a million dollars in gifts and services provided by an oil industry executive and other friends.