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House rejects military detention amendment

House lawmakers rejected May 18 an amendment to the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill that would have outlawed military detention for terrorism suspects caught in the United States.

Judge blocks military detention law

Government lawyers were "unable to define precisely what 'direct' or 'substantial' 'support' means," Judge Kathleen Forrest wrote.

Massachusetts Supreme Court says First Amendment protects court proceedings webcasts

A pilot project to broadcast and archive live webstreams of district court proceedings in Massachusetts may not be ordered to censor itself once its cameras have captured events, ruled the

The comment conundrum on government Facebook pages

As Facebook takes root across government, agencies increasingly must grapple with a key feature of the social media site: the user-generated content that appears on the "wall" and in response to

FBI investigation authority could lead to info overload, says law center

An expansion of the FBI's domestic investigation authority instituted in 2008 carries the risk of overwhelming the bureau with too much information, warns a report from the New York University School

Blanton: 'Wikimania' harms federal government

A federal government in the clutches of "Wikimania" has harmed itself by restricting its personnel from reading leaked State Department cables made available by Wikileaks, testified Thomas Blanton,