Justice

The LWOT: NYC "al-Qaeda sympathizer" faces terrorism charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Scenes from Tahrir's Groundhog Days of Rage

As violence and bloodshed return to the beating heart of Egypt's revolution, a deepening political crisis clouds the forthcoming elections.

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The LWOT: Norway's anti-terrorism laws tested in conspiracy case

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The LWOT: Alleged Cole bomb planner arraigned at Gitmo

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The End of FARC?

Why the killing of the Colombian insurgency's leader is a real chance for peace.

BY SILKE PFEIFFER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The LWOT: Georgia men charged with bioterrorism plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Pharoah's Lawyer

The deposed Egyptian dictator's lawyer explains in an exclusive interview how he plans to defend a man once seen as above the law.

BY MOHAMED FADEL FAHMY | NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The LWOT: Kenyan receives life sentence for grenade attack, al-Shabaab membership

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 28, 2011

Up in Smoke

Did the idea of a legal war die along with Muammar al-Qaddafi?

BY SCOTT HORTON | OCTOBER 25, 2011

Outside the Law

From flawed beginning to bloody end, the NATO intervention in Libya made a mockery of international law.

BY ERIC A. POSNER | OCTOBER 25, 2011

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Libyans may be celebrating the killing of Muammar al-Qaddafi, but you'd better believe that Western governments are breathing a sigh of relief themselves.

BY DAVID RIEFF | OCTOBER 24, 2011

The LWOT: Basque separatist group renounces violence

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 21, 2011

The LWOT: U.S. accuses Iranians of assassination plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 14, 2011

Obama's Death Panel

The killing of an American citizen without due process is a national scandal.

BY BRUCE ACKERMAN | OCTOBER 7, 2011

The LWOT: Government kill list approved by secret committee - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 7, 2011

Locked Up Abroad

It isn't just Amanda Knox or the hikers in Iran. Why even the average American tourist should worry about being detained abroad.

BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | OCTOBER 4, 2011

Return of the Renditioned

A Libyan rebel commander claims he was captured and tortured by the CIA. Who else has surfaced from the murky depths of the war on terror's list of the condemned?

BY KATHERINE HAWKINS | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

How to Catch Qaddafi

Why hunting down the madman of Tripoli is so difficult -- and how it might just be accomplished.

BY BENJAMIN RUNKLE | AUGUST 26, 2011

Post-Conflict Potter

Voldemort's dead, but the struggle's not over. How Harry Potter and the magical world of J.K. Rowling might begin the long process of reconciliation and reform.

BY TOM MALINOWSKI, SARAH HOLEWINSKI, TAMMY SCHULTZ | AUGUST 11, 2011

Cairo's Revolutionaries Change Tactics

The hard-core activists who led the protests that ousted Hosni Mubarak are looking for other ways to make an impact. But with elections looming, are they losing the plot?

BY MAX STRASSER | AUGUST 10, 2011

Guilty Until Proven Guilty

In the cage of justice, sometimes a courtroom's verdict is long foretold.

BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 3, 2011

The Trial of the Century

Look beyond the cage. The problems facing Hosni Mubarak’s trial lie elsewhere.

BY NATHAN J. BROWN | AUGUST 3, 2011

Dark Rumblings

Could sub-Saharan Africa have its own Arab Spring?

BY TY MCCORMICK | JULY 28, 2011

Fail, Britannia

How did the country that taught the world good governance become so corrupt?

BY CHANDRASHEKHAR KRISHNAN | JULY 28, 2011

The Super-Lux Super Max

From flat-screen TVs to jogging trails, here's where Norway's accused mass murderer could end up.

IMAGES BY ALEX MASI | JULY 25, 2011

Cambodia's Kangaroo Court

Why isn't the U.N. tribunal to prosecute genocidal Khmer Rouge war criminals going after more bad guys?

BY MIKE ECKEL | JULY 20, 2011

Cambodia's Moment of Truth

Thirty-two years after the fall of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia finally confronts its horrific past.

BY PHILIP WALKER | JULY 20, 2011

Assassin Nation

After more than three decades of targeted killings, is there anyone left alive who can actually run Afghanistan?

BY EDWARD GIRARDET | JULY 18, 2011

Five Months of Waiting

What happens when a revolution stalls out?

BY SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS | JULY 15, 2011

Poland's 'Vietnam Syndrome' in Afghanistan

A high-profile war crimes trial points out the dangerous divide between America and its allies on the ground in Afghanistan.

BY ALEKSANDRA KULCZUGA | JULY 7, 2011