Articles By: Affan Shaikh

26Dec
2009

Federal Judge Faults Government Actions Against Charities

By Affan Shaikh In a change of counterterrorism policy and Bush-era ideology, a Federal Court ruled against government ability to freeze the assets of charities according to terror financing laws without a warrant based on probable cause. The ruling, issued by Federal Judge James G. Carr of Ohio faulted the Treasury Department in its actions and also made it mandatory for the government to give organizations advanced notices for the basis of the freezing, as well as a chance to defend [...]

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