TONI LOCY

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Court Blocks Feds on Congressman's Files

A federal appeals court on Friday barred the Justice Department from reviewing evidence seized from a Louisiana congressman's office during an unprecedented FBI raid on his Capitol Hill office in May.

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No Security Clearances Revoked Over Plame

No one in the Bush administration has been stripped of security clearances over the leak of former CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity to reporters three years ago.

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Former CIA Officer Sues Cheney Over Leak

The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.

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Judge: FBI Raid on Lawmaker's Office Legal

A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented raid of a congressional office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers' offices would turn Capitol Hill into "a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime."

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Top Court Affirms Sex Discrimination Award

The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday for workers to show they suffered retaliation after accusing employers of discrimination.

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Cheney May Be Called in CIA Leak Case

Could Vice President Dick Cheney be a star prosecution witness in the perjury trial of his former chief of staff?

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States Must Give Notice for Home Sales

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states must work harder to make sure to tell homeowners before their houses are sold for back taxes.

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Judge Says Libby Can See Bush Briefings

A federal judge ordered the CIA on Friday to turn over highly classified intelligence briefings to Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide to use in preparing the aide's defense against perjury charges.

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CIA Fights Libby's Request for Information

The CIA signaled Tuesday it likely will fight the release of highly classified presidential intelligence briefings that Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide wants to use in his defense against perjury charges.

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Supreme Court Backs Abortion Protesters

The Supreme Court dealt a setback Tuesday to abortion clinics in a two-decade-old legal fight over abortion protests, ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used to ban demonstrations.

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Identity of Official to Be Kept From Libby

Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, charged with perjury in the CIA leak case, cannot be told the identity of another government official who is said to have divulged a CIA operative's identity to reporters, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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Five Agencies Review Libby Case Evidence

Five government agencies are reviewing classified evidence that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby may want to use at his trial to fight perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges, according to a court transcript made public Monday.

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Three More Lawmakers Linked to Abramoff

Three members of Congress have been linked to efforts by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former General Services Administration official to secure leases of government property for Abramoff's clients, according to court filings by federal prosecutors on Friday.

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Libby Says Leaks Authorized, Papers Show

A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration's defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to court papers.

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