Jan 09 Supreme Court Accepts Case Testing Enemy Combatant Detention By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a U.S. citizen seized abroad can be kept indefinitely in a military jail, the latest in a series of legal challenges to the Bush administration's antiterrorism policies. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Immigrant Workers Experts and lawmakers discuss President Bush's proposal to extend legal status to all immigrants who have found work in the United States and match potential foreign workers with American employers. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Immigrant Workers: President Bush’s Remarks President Bush proposed today that Congress grant temporary legal status to illegal immigrants who have found work in the United States. The president also said the United States should increase the number of green cards that it issues. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Parmalat Probe An Italian journalist discusses the investigation into the collapse of Italian food conglomerate Parmalat, which is facing an investigation into whether its founder Calisto Tanzi invented paper assets, funneled money to family companies and used extensive fraud to disguise growing… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Crucial Card Jeffrey Kaye looks at how the wide acceptance of identification cards issued by Mexican consulates has blurred the line between legal and illegal immigrants in the United States. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Interrogating Saddam Since the capture of Saddam Hussein, U.S. interrogators have been questioning the former Iraqi leader seeking information on the anti-coalition insurgency, weapons of mass destruction and other matters. Two intelligence experts assess what Saddam might know and how American officials… Continue watching
Dec 31 Fraud Investigation Into Parmalat Widens; Eight More Arrested Italian police detained eight former officials and outside auditors of the food company Parmalat Wednesday as part of a widening investigation into fraud at the now bankrupt corporate giant. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Leak Probe U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself Tuesday from the investigation into the disclosure of an undercover CIA officer. The Justice Department named U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as a special counsel to oversee the investigation. Elaine Shannon of Time magazine… Continue watching
Dec 24 Court Blocks Bush Administration Clean Air Act Changes A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked new Bush administration changes to the Clean Air Act after numerous states and cities argued the new rules would harm the environment and public health. Continue reading
Dec 19 Appeals Court Rejects Industry Attempts to Identify Music Downloaders A federal appeals court ruled against the recording industry's attempts to force the nation's Internet providers to identify subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online, marking a major setback to the industry's anti-piracy efforts. Continue reading