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Carney: Drone strikes legal, ethical
A White House spokesman said Tuesday President Obama takes the war against al-Qaida seriously, and drone strikes against the terrorist organization are legal.
Senate to vote on CIA interrogation report
As the Senate mulls approving a report on CIA interrogations, some critics say they are worried how a new film will influence Americans' opinion of torture.
U.S. official defends drone strikes as legal, effective
The White House's top counter-terrorism adviser defended the administration's use of drones against suspected terrorists as legal and effective tools.
U.S. demonstrations were planned this week to mark the sixth anniversary of the arrival of inmates at the Guantanamo detention center and to demand its closing.
A federal judge in New York has upheld the government's decision to refuse Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan an entry visa to the United States.
The U.S. ultra-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington has refused a request to publish judges' opinions on warrantless wiretapping.
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has closed the door on making information public about the Bush administration's secret wiretapping program.
The ACLU is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to resurrect a challenge to the legality of President Bush’s warrantless wire-tapping program.
FBI agents warned U.S. military interrogators at Guantanamo Bay that some of their techniques were illegal, documents show.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed an official request Wednesday in New York for records of people barred from the United States for political views.
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Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch