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Devastating as it is, the Taguba report only addresses one set of abuses. Though U.S. officials insist that the Abu Ghraib crimes were rare instances of misconduct, the problem may well be more widespread. Britain's Ministry of Defense is investigating 12 cases of civilian death, injury or mistreatment in Iraq at the hands of British soldiers, and is considering action against troops for six deaths. Charges of mistreatment of Iraqi detainees by four British soldiers are also being investigated...
While Ashcroft may have been in no shape to sign an important document, Comey got to him first, and Ashcroft deferred to him, "so at worst it would be attempted misconduct," explains the University of Texas law school's Charles Silver...
During most of Pakistan's recent political history, the country's judiciary has always sided with its military, justifying its frequent coups against the country's malfunctioning elected governments and endorsing the generals' mandate to rule. So, when Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was suspended and accused of misconduct by Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, it was widely expected that the spat would soon blow over...
...Drew G. Faust today, and Petersen said the UC will request that they respond within a week. Students at last night’s meeting said they would seek to gain student representation on the Administrative Board, the 35-member committee that examines undergraduate cases of academic and disciplinary misconduct. Gross said last month that he is considering undertaking a review of the Ad Board’s procedures next fall and that students may serve on the committee that will carry out the review. Students present last night also said that undergraduates should have formal input into contract decisions...
...jurisdiction and has only heard one case in 20 years, so the Ad Board’s powers are nearly limitless. The cases the Ad Board hears fall into one of three categories: evaluating petitions for exceptions to standard rules, dealing with academic troubles, and adjudicating instances of student misconduct, and then doling out punishments as it deems necessary. Petitions, which take up just over 70 percent of the Ad Board’s docket, are fairly straightforward—for instance, someone wants a summer school course to count for credit or to register late. But dealing with academic...