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prosecutions stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - It's not a lark anymore: Miniature submarines now carry about a third of the cocaine smuggled into the US. With the numbers up, the Washington Post takes a look at how these so-called semi-submersibles have gotten more and more high-tech over the last 2 years. Authorities say sub builders are... More »

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cocaine • Pacific Ocean • Colombia • DEA • drug trafficking • submarine • submersibles • evidence • prosecutions • remote control

OPINION

Obama Must Oppose Spain's Bush Lawyer Probe: Bolton

Only our Constitution should judge policy decisions

May 6, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s "John Ehrlichman approach" to Spain’s investigation of Bush officials may be “smart politics,” but it’s dangerous for the country, writes John Bolton in the Washington Post. If the administration doesn’t speak out against the probe, it allows an “unaccountable... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Spain • John Bolton • lawyer • harsh interrogation • criminal prosecution • President Obama • prosecutions • Baltasar Garzon

analysis

Torture Convictions
Would Be a Long Shot

Prosecution possible, but nailing Cheney a legal headache

May 4, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Those calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York. Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • conviction • lawyer • waterboarding • John Yoo • Steven Bradbury • Eric Holder • Obama administration • prosecutions • Jay Bybee

Iraq PM Vows to Prosecute US Troops After Fatal Raid

First time Iraq has threatened prosecution against American soldiers

Apr 27, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s prime minister is threatening the country’s first prosecution of US troops after two Iraqis were killed yesterday morning in a US raid, the Washington Post reports. Nouri al-Maliki said the raid violated a security agreement that bans unilateral American action; the US says Iraq’s military had... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • raid • Iraq war • security agreement • prosecutions

Push to Indict Dubya Gets Caffeine Boost

Coffee merchant sends 2,200 Prosecution of Bush books to DAs

Mar 16, 09 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Seattle coffee merchant has sent 2,200 copies of Vincent Bugliosi’s bestselling The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder to DAs whose districts have lost residents to the Iraq war, the Seattle Times reports. The damning book “was the first time in 8 years I had... More »

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crime • Iraq death toll • Seattle • district attorney • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Vincent Bugliosi • prosecutions

(Newser) - A documentary on animal cruelty at an Ohio hog farm has the pork industry considering how to better represent its “commitment to animal care,” Reuters reports. The footage in Death on a Factory Farm, taken secretly, led to animal-cruelty prosecutions, though the charged workers were acquitted. HBO airs... More »

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HBO • Ohio • animal cruelty • pig • pork • documentary film • prosecutions • National Pork Board • factory farm

 Evidence Mess Threatens 
 Gitmo Cases: Ex-Prosecutor 

Evidence 'lost, disorganized'

Jan 14, 09 4:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The handling of evidence in Guantanamo Bay cases is so chaotic it may be impossible to properly convict a single prisoner, charges a former military prosecutor. Former Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld is supporting a federal court petition to free one detainee, Mohammed Jawad, who has been held without trial for... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • Omar Khadr • Office of Military Commissions • Darrel Vandeveld • Mohammed Jawad • prosecutions

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