Adam Klasfeld

Sessions Reacts To NY Terror Attack, Calls For More Spying And War Court

Sessions today called for boosting some of the most controversial facets from the national-security repertoire of the George W. Bush administration, programs that civil libertarians call illegality.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks about defending national security, at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Nov. 2, 2017. (AP/Richard Drew)

At odds with President Donald Trump’s concession that the accused perpetrator of New York City’s deadly truck attack will not be tried at Guantanamo Bay, Attorney General Jeff Sessions boasted Thursday that the creaky war court remains open for business. “Terrorists should know: this administration will use all lawful tools at our disposal,

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Mass Graves Don’t Keep Congolese Off UN Human Rights Council

The other member states voted onto the council have their own dubious human rights records, including Mexico, Spain, Australia, Pakistan, Ukraine and Qatar.

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

U.S. and British diplomats rebuked the United Nations on Monday for including the Congo to its Human Rights Council despite the recent discovery there of mass graves. One of 15 countries admitted to the 47-member U.N. body this morning, Congo had run unopposed among the African states but still required a majority of votes to obtain a

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Judge Rejects CIA Attempts To Conceal Records Of Illegal Torture

“We’re very pleased that the court rejected the CIA’s attempt to hide records concerning the agency’s unlawful actions.”

This photo depicting two people, appearing to be bound, was released the by Department of Defense as part of a long-running ACLU lawsuit relating to prisoner abuse on February 5, 2015.

Nearly three years after the Senate chronicled how the CIA tortured detainees, a federal judge ordered the government Wednesday to disclose certain documents referenced in the report. The American Civil Liberties Union’s attorney Dror Ladin applauded another crack in the secrecy of the discredited CIA program. “We’re very pleased that the

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IMF Refuses Debt-Relief For Hurricane-Devastated Barbuda

Hurricane Irma-battered Barbuda will require an estimated $150 million in reconstruction and recovery, yet the IMF refuses to forgive, or even delay demand for payment on a $3 million loan.

In this Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, photo, damage is left after Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda. Hurricane Irma battered the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday as the fearsome Category 5 storm continued a rampage through the Caribbean that has killed a number of people, with Florida in its sights. (AP/Anika E. Kentish)

Facing devastation difficult to overstate, Hurricane Irma-battered Barbuda lost more than 90 percent of its structures in a record-breaking storm that will require an estimated $150 million in reconstruction and recovery. It also has to repay a $3 million debt to the International Monetary Fund, whose special representative to the United Nations

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Fox Contributor Says Network Cooked Seth Rich Story At Trump’s Request

“Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article,” the May 14 text message states. “He wants the article out immediately. It’s now all up to you. But don’t feel the pressure.”

DNC staffer Seth Rich was shot and killed in his Washington, DC neighborhood on July 10, 2016.

MANHATTAN —  A Fox News contributor and former homicide detective filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the network of attributing fabricated quotations to him about the Seth Rich murder investigation at the direction of President Donald Trump. Retired detective Rod Wheeler, the only named source for a discredited Fox News story insinuating a

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Investigation Finds NYPD Impeding Undocumented Immigrants From Reporting Crimes

In one case, the NYPD refused to certify an undocumented crime victim because of a summons charging him with being an unlicensed vendor.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee in an apartment building, in the Bronx borough of New York, during a series of early-morning raids. (AP/Richard Drew, File)

MANHATTAN — Since President Donald Trump’s election, cities across the United States have seen a sharp decline in undocumented immigrants reporting crimes against them, from domestic abuse to sexual assault. This disturbing trend has been one of the main public-safety arguments behind “sanctuary” jurisdictions like New York City, which — at

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Bronx Woman Accuses NYPD Of ‘Scorching’ Her Son To Death

The lawsuit claims that the NYPD “tortured” Jennings by “placing him, while in handcuffs, in an enclosed police van and turning on the heat to an excessive degree for an excessive period of time.”

BRONX, N.Y. — Though officers chalked his death up to a seizure during a drug arrest, a Bronx mother claims in court that her son died after being left handcuffed in a police van with the heat cranked up. Johnathan Jennings, 19, died on the early morning of March 31, 2016, after the New York City Police Department busted into his home on suspicion

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