The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a former college football player who had claimed he was unconstitutionally held as a material witness in a terrorism probe after the Sept.…
A federal judge hearing a suit involving allegations of extraordinary rendition said Thursday she is “literally speechless” at a Justice Department assertion that the plaintiff cannot give the judge classified…
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales regrets political hiring in the Justice Department’s honors program and says he is “disappointed in myself” for failing to stop it.
Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal is condemning mistakes made by a predecessor who defended the internment of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.
A California federal judge has denied a request by Muslim groups to see additional records of FBI surveillance, but not before chastising the government for “blatantly false” representations.
The Justice Department won’t prosecute one of its former lawyers who admitted he leaked information about the government’s warrantless wiretap program.
Federal authorities on Friday unsealed a sweeping anti-illegal gambling indictment and shuttered popular online poker sites, accusing founders of money laundering and bank fraud.
The National Archives today revealed Civil War records handwritten by noted author Walt Whitman, while he worked as a clerk for the U.S. Attorney General. According to the Apr 12, 2011 8:32 PM CDT
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