December 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Independent Lawyers Begin Prosecuting Cases of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes in the US MilitaryA new law fueled by a persistent increase in sexual assaults and harassment across the military, places authority with independent lawyers and sidelines commanders.
By Lolita C. Baldor | The Associated Press
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February 24, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Pentagon's Guantanamo Detention Center Plan Lays Out Costs, SavingsU.S. officials say the Pentagon's long-awaited plan to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer the remaining detainees to a facility in the United States calls for up to $475 million in construction costs that would ultimately be offset by as much as $180 million per year in operating cost savings.
By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
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January 30, 2012 | Legaltech News
U.S. Cybersecurity Efforts Trigger Privacy ConcernsThe federal government's plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans' civil liberties.
By Lolita C. Baldor
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January 27, 2012 | Daily Report Online
US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concernsBy Lolita C. Baldor
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March 01, 2010 | Daily Report Online
Al-Qaida growing in strength and numbers in AfricaWASHINGTON AP - U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials say al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting recruits.The North African faction is still small and largely isolated, numbering a couple hundred militants based mostly in the vast desert of northern Mali. But signs of stepped-up activity and the group's advancing potential for growth worry analysts familiar with the region.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
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November 18, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Senators blast Web sites for scamming shoppersWASHINGTON AP - With Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the Internet holiday shopping season nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription services they don't want.Internet companies Affinion, Vertrue and Webloyalty are using aggressive sales tactics to scam millions of customers, the Senate Commerce Committee said.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
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March 28, 2008 | Daily Report Online
Army suspends Miami company for selling Chinese ammunitionWASHINGTON AP - The Army has suspended a Miami Beach company from government contract work for reportedly providing Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghanistan army, in violation of its contract and U.S. law.AEY Inc., a firm with just eight employees, is under criminal investigation for reportedly claiming that the munitions were made in Hungary, according to documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
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September 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Study: Fewer terrorism suspects going to trialWASHINGTON AP - The government is prosecuting only about one out of four of those charged in connection with terrorism, according to a study that suggests federal agencies don't agree on who is a terrorist.People charged with terrorism often go free because the evidence wasn't strong enough to bring them to trial, says the study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a data research group at Syracuse University.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
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November 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online
FBI says hackers targeting law firms, PR companiesBy LOLITA C. BALDOR
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April 10, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Officer defends overturning verdictThe Air Force commander who overturned a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case says he found too many inconsistencies with the alleged victim's account of the incident and determined that the accused officer was more believable.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
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