Interpreter accused of spying pleads for leniency
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Saying he kept classified documents from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as memorabilia, Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi on Thursday made an impassioned plea for leniency to a military judge.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A military judge on Wednesday dropped an espionage charge against a Muslim interpreter accused of spying at the camp for terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, all but resolving a case that once carried the potential for the death penalty.    The judge's acceptance of the plea deal in the case of Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi marks the third Guantanamo spy case to fall apart this year, despite vows by Attorney General John Ashcroft and military officials to prosecute the men for jeopardizing the nation's security...
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NEW YORK - A New York Times reporter said Friday that she is deeply reluctant to divulge a confidential source to prosecutors investigating the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identify, even if the source permitted her to do so.    Judith Miller faces up to 18 months in jail for refusing to cooperate with prosecutors investigating the leak...
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An accused Equatorial Guinea coup ringleader who is facing a possible death penalty sought today to clear his imprisoned co-defendants in the alleged plot to overthrow the oil-flush African regime.
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A U.S. civilian translator at the  Guantanamo Bay prison for foreign terrorism suspects pleaded  guilty on Monday to illegally carrying classified documents  outside of Cuba and lying about it.
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SAN FRANCISCO - The military on Wednesday dropped an espionage charge against a Muslim interpreter accused of spying at the camp for terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.    The development marks the third Guantanamo spy case to fall apart this year, despite vows by Attorney General John Ashcroft and military officials to prosecute the men for jeopardizing the nation's security...
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An attorney for families of Sept. 11 victims asked a court Friday to seek testimony from an al-Qaida suspect in Syria, saying it could lead to a stiffer sentence for a man convicted in Germany of aiding the suicide hijackers.
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A Senate Democratic leader Tuesday urged a Bush-appointed judge to recuse himself from cases involving enemy combatants and requested an explanation about information that might contradict his testimony about the White House's detainee policy.
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An Iraqi-American on Tuesday pleaded  guilty to conspiracy, violating economic sanctions and other  charges in connection with corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food  program for Iraq, court documents showed.
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The trial of an Egyptian-Canadian accused of spying for Israel opened on Saturday amid tight security and was swiftly adjourned until February 28, an AFP photographer reported.
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PARIS (CP) - A former German defence official wanted in his homeland for allegedly accepting a bribe in a party financing scandal told a French court Wednesday that he does not want to be extradited.
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An attorney for two former Cold War-era spies told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that the husband and wife should be allowed to seek lifetime pay from the CIA, but the government contended that spies had no such legal rights.
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Leading historical groups are seeking the release of grand jury records in the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, whose espionage trial for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union became a defining moment in the Cold War.
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A former American soldier accused of kidnapping and torturing terror suspects in Afghanistan has told a Kabul court that the FBI is withholding hundreds of documents showing that he was working for the US Government.
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An attorney for two former Cold War-era spies told the Supreme Court Tuesday that the husband and wife should be allowed to seek lifetime pay from the CIA, but the government contended that spies had no such legal rights.
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Indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) pleaded not guilty to bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges this morning in a federal courtroom in Alexandria and was told to surrender his passport pending a January trial.
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A prosecutor calls for the detention of Jerome Kerviel, at the centre of the SocGen rogue trader investigation.