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Judge finds military conviction with faulty evidence 'injustice'

A federal judge has said that "injustice" was done to a former Navy officer who was wrongly convicted with the help of a discredited military lab analyst, but he also concluded that the court can't do anything about it. | 07/13/11 19:00:00 By - Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor

Grassley seeks investigation of military's errant crime lab

The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Republican is now seeking a broader investigation of the military's chief crime lab, even as Pentagon officials scramble to find out what's gone awry at the crucial facility. | 06/30/11 17:04:00 By - Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor

Beyond missteps, military crime lab roils with discontent

The military's premier crime lab should be a place of sober scientific research, but lately it seems more like the set of a soap opera consumed with scandal and intrigue. | 06/26/11 06:01:00 By - Marisa Taylor

Military crime lab manager accused of retaliation

WASHINGTON — When Richard Tontarski Jr. arrived at the military's crime lab in 2007, it was still reeling from revelations of misconduct by two of its own. Tontarski brought with him an impressive resume and reassuring promises of raising the lab's standards. | 06/26/11 06:01:00 By - Marisa Taylor

Military crime lab evidence tossed from double murder trial

Work by the military's premier crime lab is being questioned again — this time by the presiding judge in a double murder case. In the latest example of troubled testimony by the lab's analysts, a judge overseeing the trial of Army Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich told jurors to disregard testimony from a fingerprint analyst. | 05/25/11 19:04:00 By - Marisa Taylor

Justice Department is pushed to release phone records memo

The Justice Department should publicly release its legal opinion that allows the FBI to obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S. without any formal legal process, a watchdog group asserts. The nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation alleges DOJ violated federal open-records laws. | 05/19/11 18:53:00 By - Marisa Taylor

More errors surface at military crime lab as Senate seeks inquiry

The military's premier crime lab has botched more of its evidence testing than has been previously known, raising broader questions about the quality of the forensic work relied on to convict soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. Now, the Supreme Court could weigh in, while two senators want the Pentagon to open a full-blown investigation. If they start looking, Pentagon officials will find that the crime lab's problems extend beyond one discredited analyst. | 05/15/11 14:00:00 By - Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle

Following bin Laden's death, terrorism tips rise across U.S.

As a result of a more alert, or perhaps more anxious American public, counterterrorism tips have spiked in the days following the death of Osama bin Laden, law enforcement officials say. | 05/08/11 14:12:00 By - Marisa Taylor

Is it time to revisit scope and cost of war on terror?

From buying nuclear radiation detectors to putting droves of air marshals on passenger flights, the U.S. government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars since the Sept. 11 attacks to build defenses around every major target of terrorism. The death of Osama bin Laden doesn't end those threats. | 05/03/11 18:40:00 By - Greg Gordon and Marisa Taylor

WikiLeaks files on Guantanamo unlikely to help those jailed on flawed evidence

Newly released Wikileaks documents detail how the U.S. government held many Guantanamo detainees based on shaky evidence. Even so, the revelations are unlikely to dramatically change their fates. | 04/27/11 18:50:00 By - Marisa Taylor and Chris Adams

Independent probe of troubled military crime lab sought

A U.S. senator has called for an independent investigation of the military's premier crime lab to ensure that innocent people weren't wrongfully convicted based on work by a discredited analyst. | 03/30/11 18:43:00 By - Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle

Discredited Army analyst built his career around crime lab

The career of military lab analyst Phillip Mills started unraveling the day a colleague made a discovery that would rattle military justice. | 03/20/11 00:01:00 By - Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor

Army slow to act as crime-lab worker falsified, botched tests

A McClatchy investigation reveals that mistakes by an analyst at the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, near Atlanta, undermined hundreds of criminal cases brought against military personnel. Officials appeared intent on containing the scandal that threatened to discredit the military's most important forensics facility, which handles more than 3,000 criminal cases a year. | 03/20/11 00:01:00 By - Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle

Crime-lab worker's errors cast doubt on military verdicts

Life-and-death questions shadow misconduct at the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, where investigators discovered that a lab analyst cut corners and falsified reports: Were the innocent convicted, and did the guilty go free? | 03/20/11 00:01:00 By - Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor

Obama to resume military tribunals for Guantanamo terror suspects

The Obama administration on Monday announced that it will resume using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but officials said they're not giving up on trials in civilian courts and are still considering their options for trying 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 plotters. | 03/08/11 06:32:32 By - Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor

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