Among the Justice Department officials who raised concerns about harsh interrogations of al-Qaida suspects were Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security chief who was at the time the assistant attorney general…
A joint investigation by U.S. and Romanian authorities has resulted the indictment of 38 people accused of taking part in a complicated Internet phishing scheme to steal thousands of credit…
DNA collection from suspects may shift into high gear now that the attorney general is directing all law enforcement agencies to begin taking samples during all arrests and detentions.
Well-known trial lawyer Gerry Spence, coaxed out of semi-retirement to represent Geoffrey Fieger on charges of making illegal campaign contributions, has attracted several lawyers to the trial who want to…
The Justice Department has agreed to show lawmakers copies of Justice Department secret memos justifying harsh interrogation techniques in national security cases.
Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees…
U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is threatening to subpoena former Justice Department officials who are refusing to testify about torture policies.
Sources tell Legal Times that last week’s guilty plea by a former Justice Department official doesn’t end the investigation of DOJ ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
A former Justice Department higher-up, Robert E. Coughlin II, pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting thousands of dollars worth of meals and tickets from disgraces lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for…
With few clear wins in its criminal prosecution of terrorism suspects, the Justice Department is facing scrutiny for its strategy of going after American-based terrorist cells and the people believed…
The U.S. government is planning to expand its DNA database by collecting samples from anyone arrested for a federal crime and from many foreigners detained by federal authorities.
The dean of the University of California-Berkeley law school says he doesn’t agree with the legal analysis of the author of one of the so-called torture memos, but that doesn’t…
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