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Monday, August 3, 2009

“Va., N.Y. Districts Vie for 9/11 Case; U.S. Attorneys Seek Mohammed Trial”: Tuesday’s edition of The Washington Post will contain an article that begins, “The U.S. attorney’s offices in Alexandria and Manhattan are embroiled in intense competition over the opportunity to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and his co-conspirators, according to Justice Department and law enforcement sources.” The newspaper will also contain an article headlined “Victims’ Families United in Tragedy, Divided in Views; Politicized by Attacks, They Differ Widely on U.S. Anti-Terrorism Policies.”

And The Kansas City Star has a news update headlined “‘We don’t want them here,’ Brownback says about Gitmo detainees.”

Posted at 10:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court rules employer did not violate workers’ privacy; The California Supreme Court left worker privacy rights intact but ruled against the plaintiffs because the camera installed by the Pasadena firm was turned on only when workers were not present”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Keller to attack credibility of defense lawyers at her trial; Judge to dispute tale of computer problems causing delay”: Yesterday in The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell had an article that begins, “Judge Sharon Keller, facing potentially career-ending charges that she improperly closed her court to a death row appeal, will argue that defense lawyers fabricated — or at least exaggerated — computer problems the day Texas executed Michael Richard.”

Posted at 12:02 PM by Howard Bashman