Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Ethics Blogs -> Dispatches from the Culture Wars
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense
Find a Local Lawyer
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402
Ethics
: Dispatches from the Culture WarsFrom the Department of Homeland Hypocrisy
By Ed Brayton
From the Washington Post last Thursday:
The Pakistani military is holding thousands of suspected militants in indefinite detention, arguing that the nation's dysfunctional civilian justice system cannot be trusted to prevent them from walking free, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials. . . .Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...Top U.S. officials have raised concern about the detentions with Pakistani leaders, fearing that the issue could undermine American domestic and congressional support for the U.S.-backed counterinsurgency campaign in Pakistan and jeopardize billions of dollars in U.S. assistance.
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).
Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment
Driving Record Checks
Get your Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) from your State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Online
Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Division of Immigration Health Services
allegedly drugged deported immigrants with sedatives.
Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.
CIA
Department of Defense Sued by Veterans
Inmate Possessions
Washington Department of Corrections agrees to pay current and former inmates $75 each for donating or destroying personal property.
Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.
Parks Department
Chicago to pay $2 million settlement in playfield lawsuit.

Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Five-Year Anniversary Progress and Priorities
New Secretary of the Department of Homeland Issues First In Series of Directive
Homeland Security's Enemy Next Door
Napolitano To Head Homeland Security
Recent CRS Reports: DHS Appropriations, Iran's Presidential Elections, Climate Change







