http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/11/19/torture-memo-author-sets-up-defense-fund-to-fight-possible-impeachment.aspx 2009-11-19T07:32:57Z The federal judge who helped draft Justice Department memos on torture has set up a legal defense fund to pay the costs of defending against possible disciplinary or impeachment proceedings. Jay Bybee, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in Las Vegas, quietly set up the fund last July following http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/11/18/heads-i-win-tails-you-lose-in-9-11-case-ksm-won-t-walk-free-even-if-found-not-guilty.aspx 2009-11-18T16:28:47Z Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged on Wednesday a previously unspoken proviso to the controversial decision to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh http://www.newsweek.com/id/223245 2009-11-18T12:00:00Z Giuliani should know better than to impugn the capabilities of federal courts. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/11/13/the-cia-on-trial.aspx 2009-11-13T20:23:40Z By Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, and Mark Hosenball Earlier this year, when justice Department prosecutors began trying to assemble a case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators for orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. told them to make it http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2009/11/13/the-american-medical-association-reconsiders-marijuana-will-the-justice-department-follow-no.aspx 2009-11-13T14:44:56Z More than 100 million Americans have smoked pot. Thirteen states have medical marijuana laws on the books , and a dozen more are considering legislation. Studies have shown that the substance can stimulate appetite, ease muscle spasms and numb pain. Yet since 1970, when Richard Nixon signed the http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/11/02/obama-secrecy-watch-ii-a-state-secrets-affidavit-straight-from-the-bush-era.aspx 2009-11-02T16:37:55Z When Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the “state secrets” privilege to quash a lawsuit alleging illegal National Security Agency spying last Friday night, his department http://www.newsweek.com/id/219292 2009-10-24T12:00:00Z As one of President George W. Bush's top intelligence officials, Gen. Michael Hayden conceived the controversial warrantless-wiretapping program while head of the National Security Agency and then, in 2006, was sent to clean house at the Central Intelligence Agency. Hayden spoke recently to http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/10/23/feds-plan-to-prosecute-25-guantanamo-detainees-in-us-courts-offers-catharsis-and-security-challenges.aspx 2009-10-23T19:40:24Z The Obama administration is developing plans to ship more than two dozen accused terrorists from Guantanamo to the United States so they can be placed on trial in four federal courts, according to two knowledgeable government officials, who asked not be be identified talking about the sensitive matter. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/10/22/feds-crack-down-on-robin-hood-drug-cartel.aspx 2009-10-22T10:56:30Z Arnoldo Rueda Medina Photo by Gregory Bull / AP Attorney General Eric Holder announced this morning a massive nationwide crackdown against members of a bizarre Mexican drug cartel that officials say operates like a “quasi-religious” cult. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/10/19/will-the-_2700_merchant-of-death_2700_-walk.aspx 2009-10-19T15:00:40Z Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout after his verdict at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 11, 2009. The Thai court rejected a request by the United States for the extradition of Bout, dubbed the "Merchant of Death." (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul / Getty Images) U.S. intelligence officials are