November 30, 2006 10:11AM # News Roundup By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) --- SHARE - Local police killed [Sal Culosi](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112901416.html) by accident. The police union is now howling over mild discipline. - Federal police pay restitution to [Brandon Mayfield](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112901179.html) after telling the world he was a terrorist. Taxpayers foot the bill. No mention of agents disciplined. But unspecified “reforms” are now in place at the FBI “to avoid a similar mistake in the future.” Similar assurances followed the [Richard Jewell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell) case, but that was then. - On the intelligence side, federal agents are fighting the [Al-Masri case](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801810.html). Al-Masri says the CIA mistook him for a terrorist and had him “rendered” to Afghanistan, where he was imprisoned for months, abused and mistreated. When Al-Masri filed a civil suit against federal officials, the government’s response was that if this lawsuit were to proceed, government secrets would be revealed. This case is “developing,” as they say … ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).