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14 Jan 2007, 8:25 pm
* Pentagon official Charles Stimson doesn't like how Guantanamo Bay detainees are getting pro bono representation from some of the country's top law firms. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 4:43 pm
According to an article in the New York Times, a top Pentagon official encouraged corporations to fire their lawyer if that lawyer works for a firm that is representing prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 2:51 pm
In today ’s New York Times, Eric Lichtblau and Mark Mazzetti report that the CIA and Pentagon have been using "national security letters" to obtain sensitive financial information about Americans and others living in the United States. The report raises serious questions about the extent to which the Pentagon and CIA have become involved in domestic intelligence gathering. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 1:05 pm
" And The Los Angeles Times reports today that "Pentagon conducting probes in U.S.; It has been asking financial and telecom firms for data on people. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 12:10 pm
A Pentagon spokesman, Lt. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 11:01 am
Over at Concurring Opinions, Daniel Solove is asking a very good question about New York Times' disclosure that the Defense Department and the CIA have been issuing National Security... [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 8:43 am
Matters might be different if clients try to muscle lawyers into dropping their detainee clients: the law-firm lawyers representing them are proud of the work they're doing, and lots of lawyers find their pro bono work a personally necessary counterweight, even a professional redemption, to the anti-bono that pays the bills.The fact that the Pentagon disowned Stimson's fatuous interview doesn't mean big businesses won't take up his invitation, although it's a bit… [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 2:06 am
[JURIST] The CIA [JURIST news archive] and the American military have been accessing the banking and credit records of hundreds of American citizens suspected of ties to terror groups, the New York Times reported Sunday. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 11:44 pm
I wasn't aware that the CIA or Pentagon could also use these provisions. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 11:42 pm
It looks like President Bush and the Pentagon are trying to sneak another fast one by us. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 5:33 pm
From CNN:Charles "Cully" Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, has proposed a boycott of law firms that represent Guantanamo Bay detainees:The Pentagon on Saturday disavowed a senior official's remarks suggesting companies boycott law firms that represent detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Charles "Cully" Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, said in a radio interview… [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 5:18 pm
And we want to watch that play out.' (The Pentagon has since disavowed these comments.) [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 4:31 pm
The Pentagon already is distancing itself from Stimson: "Mr. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 3:16 pm
The Pentagon, however, has disavowed Stimson's remarks. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 2:04 pm
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 — The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation's top firms were representing prisoners at Guantánamo... [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 2:00 pm
In the next year, they plan to incorporate the records into a database at the Counterintelligence Field Activity office at the Pentagon to track possible threats against the military, Pentagon officials said. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 1:51 pm
The New York Times reports:- WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 — The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation's top firms were representing prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and that the firms' corporate clients should consider ending their business ties. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 1:44 pm
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 — The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the... [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 10:50 am
"Pentagon Remark on Detainees Stuns Legal Experts": This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today's broadcast of NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 8:47 am
Today, the NY Times reports: [A] senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation's top firms were representing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and that the firms' corporate clients should consider ending their business ties. [read post]
