Justices Consider if Cold War Spies Can Sue CIA
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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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Timing of the disclosure of the CIA operative's name is a factor in deciding if the law was broken.
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The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case that could determine whether the Bush administration must change course in how it deals with the threat of global warming.
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A ruling by a federal judge Thursday could make it easier for Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff to use classified documents in his trial in the CIA leak case.
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The issue in Tenet v. Doe, a case that reaches the Supreme Court on Monday, is whether a secret deal to spy for the United States creates legal rights that a CIA recruit can enforce in court.
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Justices are expected to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could have broad implications for the tech industry.
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CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing, according to current and former intelligence officials and others with...
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San Francisco court says lawsuit alleging the carrier illegally allowed the U.S. government to spy on its customers can continue.
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AT&T and the government tell an appeals court that the case against the telecom for allegedly helping the government spy on Americans is too secret for any court, despite the Administration's admission it did spy on Americans without warrants.
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A federal judge in Washington yesterday ordered a court hearing Friday to examine whether the CIA violated a judicial order by destroying videotapes showing harsh interrogation methods, rebuffing pleas from the Bush administration that he stay out of the matter while the executive branch's own probe...
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Plaintiffs in privacy case against government allege members of Bush administration have  confirmed existence of spy program and want the ability to pursue civil suit.
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Congress to try for SPY ACT law by year's end.
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Two former Cold War spies take a claim for lifelong pay against the CIA to the US Supreme Court.
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A US appeals court dismisses a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's domestic spying programme.
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency may refuse to release documents from 40 years ago to the public to protect long-held secrets, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
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An Egyptian student detained after a pilot's aviation radio was found in his hotel room following the Sept. 11 attacks should be allowed to sue an FBI agent over his imprisonment, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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The CIA, under pressure from  Congress, has agreed in principle to release new documents  detailing its ties to former Nazis who aided U.S. Cold War  espionage against the Soviet Union, officials said on Sunday.