Justice Dept. Announces Inquiry Into Its Hiring
nytimes.com — The Justice Department has begun an internal investigation into whether a former senior adviser to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales improperly tried to fill vacancies for career prosecutors at the agency with Republicans loyal to the Bush administration, department officials said Wednesday. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Rendition:Justice Dept. Stands Behind Bush Secrecy.
aclu.org — The Justice Dept. repeated today the Bush administration claims of "State secret" in a lawsuit for an extraordinary rendition case.ACLU's Romero said:"Eric Holder's Justice Dept. stood in court today and said it would continue the Bush policy of invoking state secrecy to hide torture and rendition".This is completely unacceptable. (Submitted by MercyPolitics) More...
Justice Dept. Asserts Administration Is Excempt from FOIA Document Requests
talkingpointsmemo.com — Justice Department Says White House Administration Office Not Subject to Open Records Law. Opening a new front in the Bush administration's battle to keep its records confidential, the Justice Department is contending that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. (Submitted by seanherman) More...
Justice Dept. Rejects Google's Concerns
news.yahoo.com — SAN FRANCISCO - Concerns by Google Inc. that a Bush administration demand to examine millions of its users' Internet search requests would violate privacy rights are unwarranted, the Justice Department said in a court filing. (Submitted by Bookwrym) More...
Bush aides trying to soften Justice Dept. torture report
rawstory.com — Former Bush officials are attempting to interfere behind the scenes to "soften" a report the Justice Department's ethics division is releasing regarding lawyers who blessed the Bush administration's torture techniques, according to a report breaking Tuesday afternoon. (Submitted by johnd24) More...
Justice Dept. Investigating Gonzales's Testimony
washingtonpost.com — The Justice Department is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales gave false or misleading testimony to Congress on a broad range of issues, including the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program and the removal of nine U.S. attorneys last year, the lead... (Submitted by ChristPissed) More...
Dems tell Justice Dept. to examine Bush admin about torture
rawstory.com — Nearly 60 House Democrats want a special counsel created within the Justice Department to determine whether top Bush administration officials have committed crimes in authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics against suspected terrorists, Joby Warrick reported for the Washington Post Saturday.. (Submitted by traveler1375) More...
Conyers to Justice Dept: No more stonewalling on domestic spying
rawstory.com — Top Judiciary Democrats in the House of Representatives called on the Justice Department to end what they described as 'stonewalling' over the Bush administration's efforts to push on with the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping programs. (Submitted by inactive) More...
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