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Army creates new legal office for murder, rape and other serious crime
The move comes as Congress pushes the military branches on serious criminal cases.
By Todd South
Judge orders medical panel for ’20th hijacker’ at Guantanamo
A federal judge has ordered that an independent medical panel conduct a review of the mental health of a Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who has been accused of trying to enter the U.S. to be the 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Judge: Military funds for Washington state’s Naval Base Kitsap can’t go to Trump border wall
President Donald Trump may not divert $89 million intended for a military construction project in Washington state to build his border wall, a U.S. judge in Seattle ruled Thursday.
‘Satanist’ Fort Riley soldier pleads guilty to bomb plot charges
A 24-year-old an Army infantry soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist who hoped to overthrow the U.S. government pleaded guilty Monday to distributing information through social media about building a bomb and making napalm.
Former interpreters laud court ruling to accelerate special visa decisions
The federal government now has 30 days to submit a plan to adjudicate long-delayed visa applications that have been pending for more than nine months.
By Dylan Gresik
Soldier’s court-martial reversed after judge had an ‘intimate’ relationship with a JAG’s wife
Staff Sgt. Tony S. Springer was convicted in 2017, but during his trial, a precarious relationship was forming between the legal staff involved.
By Kyle Rempfer
Judge OKs limited release of Pentagon Papers case records
The government must release some documents that will shed light on two grand juries that sat in Boston nearly 50 years ago to investigate the leak of the Pentagon Papers, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Will a case tied to a Navy base scuttle Trump’s border wall?
The Pentagon has shifted $3.6 billion from military construction projects — one of them in Washington state — to build 175 miles of border fencing in four states.
Judge halts $3.6B diverted from military construction projects for border wall
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from spending some Defense Department money to build a border wall with Mexico, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle over one of the president’s signature domestic issues and campaign priorities.
Virginia National Guardsman pleads guilty in theft of dog tags of WWII airmen from National Archives
A Virginia National Guard sergeant accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland has pleaded guilty to a theft charge.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
AWOL paratrooper caught overseas after six years at large
The 35-year-old was found guilty by a military judge of desertion, as well as producing and viewing child pornography.
By Kyle Rempfer