Topic: U.S. Department of Justice
HereÕs your Friday Flash of the weekÕs events:¥ Spinning the numbers: So Harry Reid does what Teddy Roosevelt couldnÕt do and all people can say is that raising $1.6 million in a quarter isnÕt that impressive? So Sue Lowden takes in half-a-million ...
Conservative group targets defense attorneys for doing their jobs well A group headed by former Vice President Dick Cheneys daughter, Liz, has been attacking the Justice Department.Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has pressed Holder to turn over the names of anyone ...
Government is disclosing more information to the public, still more needed Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday to pursue a government-wide strategy to open greater amounts of information to the public.an obvious and encouraging change in our government's attitude toward information," Holder ...
A witchhunt orchestrated by George W. Bush supporters against government lawyers representing Guantanamo inmates has backfired, as conservatives joined the outcry against the McCarthy-like attacks.Some 700 US civilian and military lawyers have defended hundreds of the detainees held at the US naval ...
Attorney general didn't reveal all legal briefs from private practice during confirmation Attorney General Eric Holder did not provide senators considering his nomination last year with all of the legal papers he had signed or written while in private practice, Justice Department ...
Critics of Justice Dept. lawyers who had terror detainee clients draw attention, condemnation A conservative group's bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the "Keep America Safe was co-founded by Liz Cheney, daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, the Republicans' most ...
Senate chairman demands search for e-mails of lawyers who worked on Bush interrogation policy A Senate committee chairman told the Justice Department on Friday to hunt for the missing e-mails of an attorney who provided legal justification for the Bush administration's harsh ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed spending $73 million to prosecute the five accused September 11 conspirators and one official said the trials could still be held in the heart of Manhattan.Last year, the Obama administration had to lobby ...
Selection of new site for 9/11 trial faces legal, political and logistical challenges Now that President Barack Obama's administration is considering moving the Sept. 11 trial away from a courthouse in Manhattan, the question is:Opponents include Democrats such as Virginia Sen. Jim ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has failed to properly investigate evidence suggesting suicides by two Saudis and a Yemeni held at Guantanamo Bay in 2006 were " They were the first prisoners to die at the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba ...
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Alcatel Settlement
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Gulf Oil Spill Justice
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Oil Spill Justice
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