NYPD ordered to release surveillance records from run-up to 2004 RNC
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday ordered the Intelligence Division of the New York Police Department (NYPD) to redact and turn over hundreds of field...
US District Judge Charles S. Haight ruled Thursday that the New York Police Department (NYPD) must stop its practice of videotaping lawful public gatherings and preserving the videotapes and adhere to the...
In the Matter of Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts, US Federal Communications Commission, November 6, 2006 . Read...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has dropped charges previously filed against ABC's "NYPD Blue" and CBS's "The Early Show," holding Monday that the shows were not indecent based on language content. The FCC...
Some of US television's most prominent networks and their affiliates filed notices of appeal in federal district courts across the nation late Thursday and early Friday in response to a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website; JURIST news...
Opening arguments began Monday in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui with government prosecutors claiming the defendant's lies to the FBI when he was arrested in August 2001 could have prevented the Sept. 11...
Federal trial begins in challenge to random bag searches on New York subways
US District Judge Richard M. Berman will consider the constitutionality of New York City's random search of bags and packages in the city's subway system, as trial begins Monday in the case . The New York Civil Liberties...
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) Thursday filed a lawsuit claiming that random searches of bags and packages in the New York City subway system are illegal. The...
Two NY politicians back racial profiling for terrorism searches
A New York City councilman and state assemblyman have announced support for racial profiling in terrorism searches to protect the New York transit system from attacks like the recent London bombings. Assemblyman Dov Hikind , a Democrat from...
Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported Wednesday that a disk seized from the home of one the suspected Madrid train bombers contained detailed plans of New York's Grand Central Station , including "highly specialized technical information."...
