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Department of Justice stories: 249 news summaries

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 US Used 
 Mentally Ill 
 Witness 
 at Gitmo 


Detainee with antisocial personality disorder testified against others

Apr 7, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justice Department lawyers withheld records detailing the mental illness of a witness used against numerous fellow Guantanamo detainees, McClatchy Newspapers report. "How can this court have any confidence whatsoever in the United States government to comply with its obligations and to be truthful?" asked a federal judge, who ruled... More »

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Department of Justice • Guantanamo Bay • mental illness • Yemen • federal judges • witness • detainees

(Newser) - Attorney General Eric Holder intends to drop all charges against Ted Stevens, Justice Department officials tell NPR. Sentencing for Stevens, convicted of failing to disclose gifts from constituents, has been delayed for months as the judge berated the Justice Department for prosecutorial misconduct, including withholding evidence from the defense. Given... More »

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Department of Justice • Ted Stevens • Eric Holder

Yemen Doc Cleared to Leave
Gitmo After 7 Years

Justice Department clears detainee for transfer to unknown country

Mar 31, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Yemeni doctor held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 has been cleared for transfer abroad as part of the administration's review of prisoner cases, reports CNN. Justice Department officials say the hard part now will be to find a country willing to take him. The Bush administration once claimed the... More »

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Department of Justice • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • Yemen • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda

Push to Boost Diversity Backfires on FBI

Whoops—bureau's website features fired whistleblower agent

Mar 27, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Luckily for the FBI, photos can't talk. The bureau's website promotes its American Indian/Alaskan Native diversity program with a picture of an agent who says she was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle about racial insensitivity, "In the Loop" columnist Al Kamen reports for the Washington Post.... More »

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Department of Justice • FBI • law enforcement • Robert Mueller • Charles Grassley • diversity • US Senate

Critics Blast Obama's
'State Secrets' Court Fight

White House seeks to kill lawsuit by Islamic charity over FBI wiretaps

Mar 25, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Civil liberties activists are accusing President Obama of going back on his word and behaving like George Bush when it comes to protecting administration secrets, reports the Washington Post. The harsh criticism comes in the wake of a lawsuit brought by an Oregon Islamic charity seeking damages for the alleged... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Department of Justice • FBI • lawsuit • warrantless wiretapping • domestic wiretapping • US District Court

New Solicitor General in Line for High Court

Center-left lawyer
will work closely
with Supremes

Mar 21, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elena Kagan became America's first female solicitor general yesterday, putting her one step closer to a possible Supreme Court nomination, the AP reports. As the so-called "10th Supreme Court justice," Kagan will effectively audition for the high court if she argues a Voting Rights Act case next... More »

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Department of Justice • lawyer • Harvard Law School • confirmation hearings • solicitor general • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • President Obama • political appointment • Elena Kagan

 US Halts Raids on 
 Medical Marijuana Facilities 

Holder signals major shift from Bush era's zero tolerance

Mar 19, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Attorney general Eric Holder said yesterday that the Justice Department will no longer prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries that operate legally in California and 12 other states, reports the Los Angeles Times. While he and other Obama officials had hinted previously at the change, the AG's announcement was the most detailed... More »

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Department of Justice • medical marijuana • marijuana • attorney general • Eric Holder

(AP) - The Obama administration said today it is abandoning one of President Bush's key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant, the AP reports. The Justice Department said in legal filings that it will no longer use the term to justify holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. But that won't change... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • Department of Justice • enemy combatants • Eric Holder

 Bush Lawyer Authorized 
 Suspending 1st Amendment 

Yoo memo also let military attack buildings inside US

Mar 3, 09 4:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Immediately after 9/11 the Justice Department under President Bush approved military attacks on apartments and offices, high-tech surveillance of citizens, and a suspension of press freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. The actions detailed in the newly released memo, co-written by John Yoo and sent to Alberto Gonzales, were seen... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • John Yoo • 9/11 attacks • torture memo • memo

US Will Charge 'Combatant' in Military Custody

In policy shift, he will get civilian trial, not military tribunal

Feb 26, 09 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Ali al Marri, the only alleged enemy combatant held on US soil, will be charged by the Justice Department, possibly for supplying material support to terrorism, ABC News reports. The move to a civilian criminal trial is an about-face from the policies of the Bush administration, which had insisted on... More »

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Department of Justice • ACLU • enemy combatants • Ali al Marri • US Supreme Court • terror suspects • federal prosecution • Obama administration • criminal charges

 Holder Makes 
 Solo Visit to 
 Guantanamo 


AG visits detention center Obama pledges to shut down

Feb 23, 09 8:36 AM CST
(AP) - Eric Holder is en route to the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, reports the AP, as the government weighs what is needed to shut the facility down. No news reporters are accompanying the attorney general on the flight, and it remains unclear if Holder will open any of his visit... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of Justice • Guantanamo Bay • attorney general • Eric Holder • Obama administration

(Newser) - Switzerland's biggest bank admitted today that it helped wealthy US customers evade their taxes, the Wall Street Journal reports. UBS set up shell companies and fake trusts for customers so they could hide their accounts from the IRS. The company will pay $780 million in fines and turn over the... More »

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Department of Justice • Switzerland • UBS • Internal Revenue Service • tax fraud • banking industry

DOJ Pulls Prosecutors Off Stevens Case

Judge finds lawyers
in contempt for withholding documents

Feb 17, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The Justice Department has yanked the team that prosecuted Ted Stevens off any future action in the case, Politico reports, after the judge found four of the lawyers—including chief prosecutor Brenda Morris—in contempt. Morris and company raised the judge’s ire by withholding documents related to FBI agent... More »

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Department of Justice • Alaska • FBI • Ted Stevens • prosecutors • whistleblower • witness • corruption trial • Mary Beth Kepner

(Newser) - Two-thirds of Americans want an investigation into alleged Bush administration misdeeds, including torture and warrantless wiretapping, a USA Today/Gallup poll shows. Forty percent of respondents would like to see criminal probes; one-quarter would prefer investigations without the possibility of criminal charges. And even more—70% of those surveyed—said... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Department of Justice • US attorney firings • warrantless wiretapping • waterboarding • George W. Bush • criminal investigation • opinion polls • Obama administration • President Obama • truth commission

Financial Fraud Investigations Overwhelm FBI

Enron-style crisis in mortgage, bailout cases looms

Feb 12, 09 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The mortgage crisis and the billions of bailout dollars finding their way into circulation have spawned a surge in fraud cases that already is straining federal law enforcement resources, reports the Los Angeles Times. The FBI is stretched to the limit by 2,300 current investigations—but just 38 are... More »

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Department of Justice • FBI • fraud • Enron • financial crisis

Peanut Corp Lied, Sold
to Retailers

Reversal means salmonella recall
might have to expand

Feb 10, 09 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The Peanut Corporation of America, whose plant in Georgia is the sole source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak, has admitted selling peanut products directly to retailers, primarily dollar stores. The reversal of the company’s earlier claim that it sold only to institutions means the recall of almost 1,800... More »

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Department of Justice • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Black Leaders Pin High Hopes on New AG

Civil rights advocates see opportunity for change under Holder

Feb 5, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - For decades, black men have been arrested, convicted, and sentenced to execution at disproportionate rates. Now, with the appointment of the country's first African-American attorney general, black leaders are hoping Eric Holder will help the Justice Department reform what they see as a broken system. "The most important thing... More »

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Department of Justice • civil rights • racial profiling • prison population • attorney general • African-Americans • Eric Holder • Obama administration

Rove Will Cooperate in
US Attorney Firings Inquiry

Had refused to take part in earlier investigation

Feb 3, 09 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - In a reversal, Karl Rove will cooperate with a federal investigation into the firings of nine US attorneys, Talking Points Memo reports. Rove had refused to cooperate in an earlier inquiry on the firings, which Justice Department officials said severely “hindered” the inquiry. A lawyer for Rove says the... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • investigation • US attorneys scandal • US attorney firings • probe



 Feds Start 
 Criminal Probe Into 
 Salmonella Outbreak 

FDA, Justice Dept. team up for investigation of Georgia peanut plant

Jan 30, 09 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - The federal government has begun a criminal investigation into the peanut-driven salmonella outbreak, after it was revealed that a supplier shipped product that initially tested positive for the bacteria, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The House has called representatives from two testing labs, which certified negative results, to testify. Peanut Corp.... More »

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Department of Justice • FDA • Congressional hearings • salmonella • outbreak • safety testing • criminal investigation • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Senate Committee OKs Holder for Attorney General

Cornyn, Coburn dissent in 17-2 vote; full body could confirm tomorrow

Jan 28, 09 2:08 PM CST
(AP) - Senate Republicans did little to stop the progress of Barack Obama's choice for attorney general, with the Judiciary Committee voting 17-2 today to endorse Eric Holder; John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Republicans both, were the lone dissenters. The Senate could vote as early as tomorrow to... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Senate Republicans • John Cornyn • Tom Coburn • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama

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