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There is a distinct creepiness to the controversy now raging around a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan.

Gen. David Petraeus pays a visit to Georgetown, where he takes questions but doesn't always answer them.

How a mere "procedural" decision blatantly shortchanges justice.

The Ninth Circuit rules that John Ashcroft can be held accountable for the "paradigm of prevention" that led to unlawful detainment of a US citizen.

You don't need to go to Iran or North Korea to find secret courts. Try attending a US immigration hearing.

The intensifying economic crisis slams the world of nonprofit organizations.

This is not about steroids, or an arrogant athlete getting his comeuppance--it's about the mess Bush made of the Justice Department.

The case against Barry Bonds has begun to resemble the big marlin in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. In the end, all that may be left are the bones.

The era of secrecy in government is officially over.

Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder as the next Attorney General deserves special scrutiny as he appears Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A panel of Nation experts add their questions to the mix.