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ACLU sues DC Guard over actions during George Floyd protests
When people continued marching after a 7 p.m. curfew, the D.C. National Guard flew two helicopters 45 feet above protestors' heads.
By Zamone Perez
US citizen held 13 months for suspected ties to ISIS is freed
The U.S. has released a dual American-Saudi citizen who was suspected of working with the Islamic State and detained by the U.S. military for more than a year without charge, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday.
US relationship with international court crashes under Trump
America’s long-running reluctant relationship with the International Criminal Court came to a crashing halt on Monday as decades of U.S. suspicions about the tribunal and its global jurisdiction spilled into open hostility, amid threats of sanctions if it investigates U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
US must give advance notice before transferring American accused of fighting with ISIS
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. government to give 72 hours advance notice before transferring an American citizen accused of fighting with the Islamic State to another country.
Judge: American accused of fighting for ISIS must get lawyer
A federal judge ruled Saturday that the U.S. military must provide legal counsel to an American citizen who was picked up months ago on the Syrian battlefield and accused of fighting with Islamic State militants.
CIA says it won't confirm it has documents about Yemen raid that led to Navy SEAL’s death
A U.S. government lawyer argued on Tuesday that even just confirming or denying that the CIA has records about a January raid in Yemen would reveal intelligence secrets.
No lawyer for detained American accused of fighting with ISIS
The U.S. government acknowledging Thursday that it has detained an American citizen accused of fighting with the Islamic State for more than two months without fulfilling his request to see a lawyer.
Pennsylvania town relocates Navy officer's nightly 'Taps' rendition
Neighbors had complained about the noise after the lieutenant commander added loudspeakers to his nightly tribute.
US fights ACLU quest to represent American captured in Syria
U.S. attorneys on Monday fought a civil rights group’s quest to get a lawyer for a U.S. citizen picked up on the Syrian battlefield for allegedly fighting with Islamic State militants.
ACLU challenges detention of American captured in Syria
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the detention of an American citizen who was picked up on the Syrian battlefield for allegedly fighting with Islamic State militants.
By Deb Reichmann