The civil complaint doesn’t just accuse Ben Roethlisberger of a heinous and despicable act. It also labels him a slob. That curious assertion sticks out in the 36-page lawsuit that accuses the Steelers’ star quarterback of sexually assaulting a woman in a Nevada hotel room in July 2008. It sticks out because the lawsuit alleging…
VT regulators drop probe of telecom role in wiretaps
The Vermont Public Service Board has dropped its investigation into whether AT&T and Verizon shared Vermont residents’ telephone calling records with the National Security Agency (NSA). The Board said it was dropping the probe in light of the fact that the FISA Amendments Act passed in 2008 by Congress gave the companies immunity against any…
Portsmouth wiretap bugs city workers
The Portsmouth Police Department doesn’t deny it placed a recording device in its records room – without proper notification – to eavesdrop on its clerks. It’s just that neither the police nor County Attorney Jim Reams believe any laws were broken. But the more we think about the official explanation for these improper recordings the…
Seselj convicted for revealing witness identities
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convicted [press release; judgment summary, PDF] Serbian nationalist Volislav Seselj of contempt and sentenced him to 15 months in prison for authoring a book revealing pertinent information about several key witnesses. Read more on Jurist.