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Selections from the New York Times: February 22, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NYTimes.com, February 22, 2008

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Detainees at Guantánamo Fight Further Appeal Delay
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
"Lawyers of the detainees told the Supreme Court that it would be 'unconscionable' to grant the Bush administration more time to produce evidence needed for the detainees? appeals to move forward."

A Method for Critical Data Theft
By JOHN MARKOFF
"A group led by a Princeton University computer security researcher has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks."

Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets
By STEVE LOHR
"Seeking to satisfy European antitrust officials, Microsoft said on Thursday that it would open up and share many more of its technical secrets with the rest of the software industry."

If OTB Goes, So Would a Relic of a Grittier City
By COREY KILGANNON
"Off-Track Betting parlors could be endangered, if plans to close all 71 outposts by mid-June stay on course".

In Trial Over Police Killing in Queens, Focus May Be on First 2 of 50 Bullets
By MICHAEL WILSON
"The first shot fired by each of the accused police officers in the death of Sean Bell are expected to be the focus of defense lawyers when the trial opens."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).