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Rohini Kurup
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Military Jurors Urge Clemency for Guantanamo Detainee After Unprecedented Testimony on Torture
Seven U.S. military officers wrote a letter urging clemency for Majid Khan, a detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, calling his brutal treatment in CIA custody…
Jan. 6 Committee Releases Contempt Report on Steve Bannon
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released a report on Oct. 18 that seeks to hold Steve Bannon, one…
Navy Engineer Charged With Attempting to Share Nuclear Submarine Secrets
A nuclear engineer for the U.S. Navy and his wife were arrested on Oct. 9 for repeatedly trying to pass U.S. nuclear submarine secrets to…
Livestream: Hearing on the End of the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 28 to examine the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and…
Durham Grand Jury Indicts Lawyer Michael Sussmann
On Sept. 16, a grand jury working with the office of Special Counsel John Durham indicted lawyer Michael Sussmann on a charge of making false…
Fourth Circuit Rejects Wikimedia’s Suit Against the NSA on Secrecy Grounds
On Sept. 15, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the…
Supreme Court to Hear State Secrets Case on FBI Surveillance
In June, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga, a case that arose from the covert surveillance of…
Livestream: Antony Blinken on the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Part 2
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing to evaluate the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The…
Livestream: Antony Blinken Testifies on the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Part 1
At 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing to evaluate the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and related…
Newly Released Documents Related to the Sept. 11 Investigation
In an executive order on Sept. 3, President Biden instructed the Justice Department and other relevant federal agencies to review and declassify documents related to…