terrorism

Lawyers Fear Monitoring in Cases on Terrorism

(via www.nytimes.com)

This article discusses an interesting twist on the attorney-client privilege when terror suspects are involved.

Germans Charge 13 CIA Operatives

(via www.washingtonpost.com)

The CIA's clandestine program of abducting suspected terrorists and taking them to secret sites for interrogation unraveled further on Wednesday as German prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 13 agency operatives in the kidnapping of a German citizen in the Balkans in December 2003.

U.S. Settles Suit Filed by Ore. Lawyer

(via www.washingtonpost.com)

The U.S. government agreed yesterday to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by an Oregon lawyer who was arrested and jailed for two weeks in 2004 after the FBI bungled a fingerprint match and mistakenly linked him to a terrorist attack in Spain.

Lawyer Sentenced for Aiding Terrorist Client

(via www.washingtonpost.com)

Lawyer Lynne Stewart was sentenced Monday to 28 months in prison for helping a terrorist client communicate with his followers, a far less severe sentence than the 30 years sought by federal prosecutors.

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