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inquiry stories: 11 news summaries

 Megrahi Knows 'Truth,' 
 Wants Lockerbie Inquiry 

Convicted bomber says he has documents that would exonerate him

Aug 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has always maintained his innocence and now he wants an inquiry into the 1988 plane explosion that killed 270 people, the London Times reports. Megrahi claims to hold documents that could shed light on the real culprits and says that interest among the... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • United States • Libya • conviction • Lockerbie • inquiry • victim • documents • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Holder to Probe CIA Torture Cases: Officials

Special prosecutor will pursue agents who
took things 'too far'

Aug 9, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Attorney General Eric Holder is planning to name a special prosecutor to probe cases of alleged CIA torture of terror suspects, the Los Angeles Times reports. Insiders say the narrowly focused inquiry will aim to determine "whether people went beyond the techniques that were authorized" in the so-called torture... More »

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CIA • torture • abuse • interrogation • waterboarding • inquiry • criminal investigation • Eric Holder • torture memo

(Newser) - British troops called Iraqi detainees "apes," beat them so that their moans of pain sounded like an "orchestrated choir," and forced them to dance like Michael Jackson, a public inquiry into the death of one of the detainees heard yesterday. The inquiry panel was told... More »

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Iraq • Basra • detainee • British Army • British military • inquiry • Iraq war • Baha Mousa

(Newser) - The top body investigating the results of the recent election is asking Iran’s supreme leader to give it more time to clear up any and all “ambiguities,” Reuters reports. “We are urging you to allow us to extend the deadline to receive further complaints five more... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • inquiry • Guardian Council • election results • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mehdi Karoubi

(Newser) - The Senate Intelligence Committee is planning an inquiry into the National Security Agency after reports the spy group has been engaged in “overcollection” of information domestically, the New York Times reports. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the committee, said a hearing would be held within the month. The... More »

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Senate hearings • Dianne Feinstein • Senate Intelligence Committee • National Security Agency • domestic wiretapping • inquiry • overcollection

Leahy Calls
For 'Truth Commission' on Bush Abuses

Republicans say
it's a waste of time

Mar 4, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Patrick Leahy called today for a "truth commission" to investigate alleged abuses by the Bush administration in the name of the war on terror, CNN reports. Detention and interrogation practices at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib “have seriously eroded fundamental American principles of the rule of law,"... More »

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War on Terror • Congress • torture • Abu Ghraib • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Guantanamo Bay • John Cornyn • inquiry

ANALYSIS

Inquiry Into Jobs' Health
Puts SEC in New Territory

Agency may set precedent on executive privacy

Jan 30, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission's inquiry into Apple’s disclosures on Steve Jobs’ health has the agency prying into perhaps the last remaining corner of executive privacy, Bloomberg reports. Securities law requires companies to reveal to shareholders information that could affect share price, but the health of executives has usually... More »

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Steve Jobs • investigation • health • CEO • Apple • SEC • inquiry

House Panel To Investigate Spitzer Probe

Dems wonder if feds' prostitution sting was politically motivated

Nov 25, 08 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The House Financial Services Committee is poised to open an inquiry into the investigation that led to Eliot Spitzer’s resignation, the New York Times reports, with Democratic members wondering aloud if the federal probe could have been a politically motivated hit job. The former New York governor was not... More »

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New York • sex scandal • House of Representatives • House Financial Services Committee • Eliot Spitzer • Treasury Department • Barney Frank • inquiry • prostitution ring

US Airstrike Killed 30 Afghan Civilians: Inquiry

Outraged Afghans still maintain 90 died in controversial Aug. raid

Oct 8, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US military inquiry puts the number of Afghan civilians killed in an August 22 raid at more than 30, the New York Times reports, down from the 90 the Afghan government had claimed. The airstrike on Azizabad, a suspected Taliban stronghold, was condemned by the Afghan government. The... More »

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Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • civilian casualties • US military • airstrike • inquiry • David McKiernan • Special Forces • Michael W. Callan

Police Too Quick to Call McCanns Suspects: Chief

Spokesman calls for elimination of Maddie's parents as suspects

Feb 3, 08 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Portuguese authorities were "too hasty" to name the McCanns as formal suspects in the disappearance of their daughter Maddie last May, conceded the country's top policeman yesterday. The McCanns have interpreted Alipio Ribeiro's comments as an implicit acknowledgment of their innocence, the Guardian reports. More »

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Madeleine McCann • Portugal • suspect • inquiry • Find Madeleine Fund

$4B Crunch Threatens BBC Jobs

Oct 10, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive funding shortfall at the British Broadcasting Corporation could trigger unprecedented job cuts, reports the Independent. As many as 2,800 people—about 12% of the BBC's labor force—could lose their jobs. Officials at the BBC, which is financed by a $270 license fee paid by viewers, project... More »

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BBC • Mark Thompson • budget cuts • job cuts • Planet Earth • Panorama • Top Gear • Blue Peter • Helen Ryan • Gerry Morrissey • inquiry

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