Immigrant’s Suit Shines Light on Shadowy Customs Tool
A federal judge advanced a lawsuit Thursday by a man facing deportation after refusing to inform for the FBI on America’s Iranian community.
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Terrorism
Turkey: Lawmaker Imprisoned on Terror Charge Released
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party has announced the release from prison of one of its lawmakers pending a trial on terror charges.
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France’s Macron: Fighting Terrorism Abroad is Top Priority
French President Emmanuel Macron has made the fight against “Islamic terrorism” in Syria and Iraq the top priority in his foreign policy agenda.
Read morePA Court Hears Not-Guilty Plea From Accused Jihad Recruiter
Accused of plotting to kill a Swedish artist, the first suspected terrorist to be extradited to the United States under President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges.
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ACLU Settles Lawsuit Against Architects of CIA Torture Program
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday settled its lawsuit against two psychologists hired by the CIA to develop a torture program for terrorism suspects.
Read moreNaval Vessel Statement OK’d for Benghazi Attack Trial
A federal judge refused Wednesday to suppress the FBI’s interview of a man it says masterminded the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
Read moreBank Averts Subpoena Tied to Cuban Political Assassination
The Second Circuit dealt a legal blow Monday to the son of a Cuban counter-revolutionary who was assassinated in the 1970s.
Read moreSessions Calls ‘Evil Attack’ in Charlottesville an Act of Terror
The organizer of a Saturday rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va. that left one person dead and 19 others hospitalized was forced to flee his own press conference Sunday after an angry crowd rejected his assertions that city officials were to blame for the tragedy.
Read moreBlogger Seeks Answers About Trump’s Claims on Terror Convicts
The editor of a prominent law blog filed a federal complaint Friday to find out why President Donald Trump claimed, without supporting evidence, that the majority of terrorism convicts since 9/11 are foreign-born.
Read moreCourt Orders Judge’s Recusal in Case of Accused 9/11 Mastermind
The D.C. Circuit ruled unanimously Wednesday that a military judge must recuse himself from hearing the government’s appeal to reinstate charges against the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
Read moreViolent Arrest After Driver Hits French Soldiers
Hunting down the man who drove his car into a group of soldiers just outside Paris on Wednesday, French authorities arrested a suspect they say may know more about the attack.
Read moreUS Court Awards $209 Million to Victims of Israel Terror Attack by Hamas
A federal judge has awarded nearly $209 million in damages to a family injured in a 2003 Hamas suicide bombing of a bus in Israel.
Read moreCase Against So-Called CIA Torture ‘Architects’ Headed to Trial
A lawsuit against two Spokane-based psychologists dubbed the “architects” of an interrogation program used on CIA detainees in 2002 will be heard by a jury in September, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Read moreD.C. Circuit Lightens Sudan’s Load on Terrorism Judgments
The D.C. Circuit on Friday shaved off more than $4.3 billion in punitive damages tacked onto a $10.2 billion judgment against Sudan for harboring terrorists responsible for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings.
Read moreGrueling Border Detention Inspires Watch List Challenge
Detained for nearly 11 hours because of unexplained placement on the terrorist watch list, a Somali-American family has brought a federal complaint against the U.S. attorney general and a half-dozen other officials.
Read moreIslamic State Group Confirms Death of al-Baghdadi
The Islamic State group on Tuesday confirmed the death of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, saying he died in the Iraqi province of Nineveh.
Read moreFBI Arrests Hawaii-Based Soldier on Terror Charges
A U.S. official said Monday that an active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges.
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Venezuela: Helicopter Strafes Court in ‘Terrorist Attack’
A police helicopter fired on Venezuela’s Supreme Court and Interior Ministry in what President Nicolas Maduro said was a thwarted terrorist attack aimed at ousting him from power.
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High Court Takes Up Assets Case Involving Iranian Artifacts
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Americans injured in a 1997 Hamas suicide bombing can seize Iranian artifacts from the University of Chicago to satisfy a $71 million judgment.
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