U.S. Department of Justice

Justice Dept. will continue Bush-era state secrets claims, but change future policyThe Justice Department will continue Bush administration attempts to block certain lawsuits by claiming they threaten state secrets, but the agency announced Wednesday it will try to curb the use of ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: It wasn't their intention, but seven former CIA directors who asked President Obama to abort a Justice Department inquiry into "enhanced interrogation techniques" have moved Obama to renew his promise ...

Judiciary committee fails to approve media shield bill amid national security concernsA bill to give journalists a limited right to protect confidential sources from disclosure was sidetracked Thursday, after senators from both parties said the current version could damage national security.The bill, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Congress to extend three surveillance techniques for intelligence agencies tracking suspected militants that expire this year, according to a letter to lawmakers.Approved after the September 11 attacks in 2001 at the request ...

Pfizer agreed Wednesday to pay out a record 2.3 billion dollars to settle a high-profile fraud case, pleading guilty to a criminal charge for marketing its painkiller Bextra illegally.The settlement by the world's biggest drugmaker was trumpeted as a major victory by ...

Cheney points to politics as reason Justice Department is looking at CIA interrogationsFormer Vice President Dick Cheney says politics are driving the Justice Department's decision to investigate whether CIA interrogators abused terror suspects detained after the Sept. 11 attacks. President Barack Obama ...

Justice Department beset once again by charges of playing politics, this time under DemocratsBesieged during the Bush administration for bending to the White House's will, the Justice Department is again accused of playing politics with cases this time in investigating whether CIA ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has recommended reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, which could expose CIA employees and contractors to prosecution for their treatment of terrorism suspects, The New York Times reported on Monday.The recommendation, reversing the Bush administration, ...

Internal CIA probe reveals more details about US treatment of terror detaineesAs the Justice Department considers whether to investigate alleged harsh interrogation practices sanctioned by the Bush administration, sources say a soon-to-be-released report by the CIA's inspector general reveals that agency interrogators ...

Justice Department boosting efforts to combat high crime rates on Indian reservationsOn just a single day this year on the Red Lake reservation in northern Minnesota, police and investigators received emergency calls about a suicide, a murder, three stabbings, two shootings and ...

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Topic: U.S. Department of Justice

Justice reconsiders state secrecy

Editorial Roundup

Setback for media shield bill in Senate committee

U.S. Justice Dept wants surveillance methods extended

Pfizer agrees to record drug dispute settlement

Cheney says politics behind CIA probe at Justice

Justice Dept. again fielding charges of politics

Justice Dept advises pursuing CIA abuses: report

AP sources: Internal report tells of CIA methods

Justice to boost effort to combat tribal crime

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