USA: Domestic surveillance programme to be overseen by FISA Court

On 17 January, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the administration would, from now on, submit all domestic surveillance requests to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for review and approval, in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence...

USA: Pentagon releases new “Manual for Military Commissions”

On 18 January, the Department of Defense presented to Congress its Manual outlining rules for trial of terrorist suspects by military commissions, to be conducted under the Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006. Human rights organizations criticized the new Manual...
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