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What transpired over the next few seconds is disputed by Pantano's lawyers and the Marines. Pantano's defense counsel says that as the two Iraqis pulled off the seat covers, they started talking quietly to each other. Pantano told them, in his rudimentary Arabic, to shut up. They went silent, then started speaking again, this time in muffled voices. Then the two men turned toward Pantano as if to jump him. He told them to halt, and when they did not, he opened up with his M-16. He kept firing until he was sure they were dead. Then...
Shaun Clark, counsel to the World Poker Tour (WPT)—a high stakes poker tournament aired on television—said the difficulty in locating online gambling criminals has made current laws hard to enforce...
...said that the University’s nondiscrimination policy “is something that the general counsel works with,” and he said that he did not know the status of discussions on the incorporation of a gender identity clause into the code...
...those who might have been Harvard University President moved on. Rice was sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, and Klausner left the National Cancer Institute for a top spot in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Just this month, Sullivan accepted a prestigious one-year stint as counsel to a top California trial law firm, where she will build an appellate practice before returning to Stanford Law. She is rumored to be favored for a Supreme Court appointment...
...incident that eventually spurred Anderson to seek House's counsel took place just before he earned his Purple Heart. While trying to quell a disturbance outside a police station one night, his unit came under heavy attack. Anderson says he saw a car that appeared to be emitting sparks drive into the middle of the melee. Instructed to start shooting, Anderson held his fire--and the car turned out to be carrying only a startled family. Afterward, Anderson claims, his sergeants told him, "'Next time, you open fire, just in case.' Basically they have a standard procedure that...